the eldest

noun

—used in comparing the ages of people who are members of the same family

He's the eldest of her three brothers.

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The Other Elliot Sister, following the eldest sibling of Austen’s Persuasion, has been commissioned to mark Austen Untold‘s launch. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2026 Born in January 1768, Maria was the eldest daughter of the Anglo-Irish landowner Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his first wife, Anna Maria Elers. — Jeanna Smialek, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026 Bread of Angels describes Smith’s childhood in post-World War II New Jersey, as the eldest of three siblings. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026 British journalist Auberon Waugh (the eldest son of novelist Evelyn Waugh) was even more brutal. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the eldest

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