eldest

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  1. adjective Greatest in age or seniority. See Usage Note at elder1.

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  • He left four children, of whom the eldest was a girl six years of age. —  Revolutionary Heroes, And Other Historical Papers
  • They are brothers; and the eldest is a baronet, has a good estate, a wife and three or four children. —  The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54
  • Edwin the eldest was afterwards married to the sister of that King and Edward was married to Agatha daughter of the Emperor Henry II and he had three children. —  Diary and Notes
  • When our eldest was our only, our parents told us it was time to leave the city. —  Rice Daddies
  • At the time our eldest was about 10 months old and my husband was working from home 2 days a week. —  Blisstree
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  1. Middle English, from Old English eldesta; see al-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English eldest, eldeste, ealdeste, aldest, from Anglo-Saxon yldesta, superlative of eald, old. The form oldest; is modern, from old + -est; cf. elder, a.
 

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/ˈɛldɛst/
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