eldest

Definitions


[ˈɛldɪst], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of one out of a group of related or otherwise associated people) of the greatest age; oldest
(e.g: Swift left the company to his eldest son, Charles)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English ieldest, eldest, of Germanic origin; related to German ältest, also to eld and old




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