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eldest

adjective as in older

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"I've seen messages, where he's messaged Shannon saying he was going to run her over and her kid - the eldest," said Ms Shone, referring to Michael Ives.

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His eldest son, Prince George, now knows more about history than his father.

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As the eldest of four brothers, raised by parents from a small rancho in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, she was embedded in a culture where machismo ran deep.

Senior coroner for Essex Lincoln Brookes described Ms Hempstead's death as a "double tragedy", having come just weeks after the death of her eldest daughter.

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Five members of the family still work in the front office, including Art II's eldest son Dan.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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