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eldest

/ˈɛldɪst/ noun C2
  1. The eldest child in a family, or individual in a group.

Plural eldests

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Tangey’s eldest daughter.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 68 · B2
Darcy.” She then sought her eldest sister, who had undertaken to make inquiries on the same subject of Bingley.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 108 · B2
“My eldest sister has been in town these three months.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 199 · B2
Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another young man.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 8 · B2

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