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Definition of Eldest

Eldest

Oldest; longest in duration.

Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.

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As, Before, Born, Brother, Daughter, Duration, Elder, First, In, Living, Or, Origin, See, Son, The

Eldest Quotations

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.
Thomas Fuller

My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments.
John Hume

I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
Barry Gibb

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.
John Dryden

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.
David Rockefeller

On the king's gate the moss grew gray; The king came not. They call'd him dead; And made his eldest son, one day, Slave in his father's stead.
Helen Hunt Jackson

My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways.
Gary Lineker

The stag tells him that he is the eldest of the sons - the father's favorite - and he warns the father that if he tries to shoot any of the stags, their antlers will tear him to pieces.
Georg Solti

Well, Brett was a pretty laid back kid and I think all the pressure was heaped upon my eldest boy, Bobby.
Bobby Hull

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.
John Webster

The eldest and biggest of the litter was a dog cub, and when he drew his first breath he was less than five inches long from his nose to where his tail joined his back-bone.
Henry Williamson

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Eldest Translations

eldest in Norwegian is eldst

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