the eldest
noun
—used in comparing the ages of people who are members of the same family
He's the eldest of her three brothers.
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Farrah is the eldest daughter of Umansky’s estranged wife Kyle Richards.
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
As Mac cools her heels in a meeting room, Kaya furnishes helpful exposition: Mac played the eldest daughter on Father’s Keepers, a show on KidPow (a Nickelodeon or Disney Channel analog) about a widowed father raising four daughters.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Now, my grandmother was sort of a California hillbilly, the eldest of 17 kids, and her dad was a homesteader and a medicine showman.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
One of their children, Dakota Adams, the eldest of six, also agreed to speak with us.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
As Mac cools her heels in a meeting room, Kaya furnishes helpful exposition: Mac played the eldest daughter on Father’s Keepers, a show on KidPow (a Nickelodeon or Disney Channel analog) about a widowed father raising four daughters.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Now, my grandmother was sort of a California hillbilly, the eldest of 17 kids, and her dad was a homesteader and a medicine showman.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
One of their children, Dakota Adams, the eldest of six, also agreed to speak with us.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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“The eldest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20eldest. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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