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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Jonathan Andic, the eldest of the Mango founder’s three children, served as vice chairman of the retailer’s board, after first joining the company in 2005 with a focus on the creative process, collection design and team management. —

Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 19 May 2026 Jonathan Andic is the eldest of Isak Andic's three children and one of his father's heirs. —

CBS News, 19 May 2026 Edward Niland, 31, the eldest of four brothers from upstate New York who had all enlisted, parachuted out of his B-25 when it was shot down on this day over Burma, his unit assumed he’d been killed. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026 Her brother Masato, seen only as a sculpture but never in the flesh, should have been the one to take over their family’s business according to the custom of primogeniture, which favors the eldest male child. —

Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for the eldest