eldest
Example Sentences
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"I sent my family away a while ago with my eldest son," he told AFP via satellite internet connection, asking to be identified only by his first name.
From Barron's
Leonard Lauder, the eldest son of beauty pioneer Estée Lauder who grew up typing invoices for the family business that he would later transform into a global empire, died June 14 at 92.
That drove me crazy as a kid, and not only because Zeke, the eldest, occasionally got better grades, nerd that he was.
Wayne's body was acting as a human shield for his eldest daughter, but his mind was elsewhere: with his missing daughter Gigi.
From BBC
He was getting Social Security for all three boys at one point, even after he kicked the eldest one out.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
