first-born

“I lost my son, my only son, my first-born son.”

Mr Cruickshank said he heard about the Elizabeth Emblem through his sister, but later found she was ineligible to apply as she was not the first-born child.

Esparza said Huizar’s own relatives referred to him as Huizar’s “first-born son.”

Words that we will see come true — at least if we are to credit her account, something her first-born daughter is less apt to do.

Usually, it is the first-born son who takes over the family business.