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eldest

adjective as in older

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"I found my transition quite difficult because I left when I had my eldest daughter," she says.

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Each are in their separate homes, but there’s a sense of convivial affection between them after playing Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, and his eldest daughter, Lady Mary, for so long.

I have a younger brother and sister, so I was the eldest child.

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Such is his love for the club he named his eldest son Mariner-James.

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The eldest lion lifted its head to face the slithering threat.

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

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