eldest
noun [S] /ˈel.dɪst/Definition
the eldest B2 a person who is the oldest of three of more people: He was the eldest of four kids.Describing age and birthdays › the oldest child in a family: My eldest is at college.Describing age and birthdays
(Definition of eldest noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -something suffix
- age group noun
- age limit noun
- aged adjective (AGE)
- aging
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- gone preposition
- junior noun (YOUNGER)
- nonagenarian noun
- octogenarian noun
- old adjective (WHAT AGE)
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- over- prefix (MORE THAN)
- senior adjective (OLDER)
- senior noun (OLDER)
- sixties noun
- spring chicken noun
- take years off sb idiom
- teens noun
- this side of sth idiom
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