eldest

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Eldest of four children, he attended Brooklyn College and Yale University, where he earned a master’s degree in experimental psychology and a doctorate in social psychology.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024

Eldest daughter, Fatmagul, 19, has begun preparing for university entrance exams, which she is due to take in a few months.

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023

Eldest daughter Ava was a placid, sweet and gentle girl, while younger child Lexi was the complete opposite - with a cheeky nature, hair always wild and incredibly defiant.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2021

Eldest son Jonathan heroically lead the other children safely from the home, but Ana suffered smoke inhalation in her futile attempt to put out the flames.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2017

Then Aragorn cried: ‘Yé! utúvienyes! I have found it! Lo! here is a scion of the Eldest of Trees! But how comes it here? For it is not itself yet seven years old.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien