first-born

adjective

1. eldest of the children in a family

noun

1. the eldest child in a family

Example Sentences

It meant something socially and legally to be the first-born son, a son at all, or a girl.

From The Daily Beast

Content, my mother was at ease that her first-born would not fall into the ranks of picky eaters.

From The Daily Beast

Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.

From Project Gutenberg

From this wonderful flower Brahma sprang, and, seeing nothing but water, imagined himself the first-born of all creatures.

From Project Gutenberg

The name given by the Dakotas to the first-born, if a female.

From Project Gutenberg

The mother said that she could not distinguish them, and that she did not know which was the first-born.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, "when I see the—blood—on the—lintel—and on the two—side-posts—I will not go in and—kill the first-born!"

From Project Gutenberg

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