Eldest

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  • adjective. Greatest in age or seniority.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Oldest; most advanced in age; that was born first: as, the eldest son or daughter.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Oldest; longest in duration.
  • adjective. Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.
  • adjective. the player on the dealer's left hand.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. superlative form of old: most old.; greatest in age or seniority.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the offspring who came first in the order of birth
  • adjective. first in order of birth
    • Word Usage
    "Otto is what I called my eldest son who is in the imperial navy!"
    cross-reference
    eldest hand  
    Equivalent
    first  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    issue  offspring  progeny  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    4-year-old  5-year-old  8-year-old  adoptive  eight-year-old  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    oldest  
    variant
    elder  
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