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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Now, my grandmother was sort of a California hillbilly, the eldest of 17 kids, and her dad was a homesteader and a medicine showman. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024 One of their children, Dakota Adams, the eldest of six, also agreed to speak with us. —

Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024 Rosas was the eldest of three daughters and was survived by her mother, her father, her fiancé and her separated husband, her family said. —

Pei-Sze Cheng, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, daughter Jennifer — the eldest of the three children Bill shares with ex-wife Melinda French Gates — took a walk down Halloween memory lane, sharing a pair of father-daughter images from over the years. —

Raven Brunner, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the eldest