eldest

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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 sons who cannot be at their father’s deathbed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2022

Eldest son Robert said the Mustang "bounced" as it attempted to land on the runway, then banked again and flew off course, inches from the ground.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2018

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