eldest
Example Sentences
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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
I think Helen, being the eldest child, has a weird sense of abandonment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
