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eldest

adjective as in older

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“I thought about throwing myself down a flight of stairs or have my eldest daughter pounce on top of me,” she said.

The film traces the legacy of the Abiola family, particularly Hafsat Abiola, the eldest daughter of Kudirat and MKO.

As the eldest sister she has played a huge role raising the other girls and her 12-year-old brother.

His father turned to the person he trusted most: his eldest son.

Her eldest son, an 18-year-old, is being held separately as an adult in a detention center.

Her eldest daughter married in America, and was well known as a modeller in wax in New York.

She is very highly educated, and is preparing her eldest son for the university herself.

The fourth Robert de Brus of Annandale, eldest son of the preceding lord, was born in 1210.

But no, it didn't matter about the eldest son—never mind about him; put him in the City, anywhere as long as he's out of the way.

Scott's tomb, that of his wife and their eldest son are in one of the chapels whose vaulted roof still remains in position.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to eldest, such as: earlier, elder, first, first-born, former, and lower.

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

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