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1. eldest

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Usually means: Oldest among siblings or group.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word eldest:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. eldest, the eldest: Merriam-Webster
  2. eldest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eldest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. eldest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. eldest: Vocabulary.com
  6. Eldest, eldest: Wordnik
  7. eldest, the eldest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. eldest: Wiktionary
  9. eldest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. eldest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. eldest: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Eldest, eldest: Dictionary.com
  13. eldest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Eldest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Eldest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. eldest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. eldest: Rhymezone
  18. Eldest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. eldest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. eldest: FreeDictionary.org
  21. eldest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. eldest: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. eldest: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Eldest (inheritance), Eldest: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Eldest: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  (card games) (of a player) Receiving cards from the dealer first, before any other players.
▸ adjective:  (card games) (of a hand) Having higher, or superior cards.
▸ noun:  The eldest child in a family, or individual in a group.

Similar:
firstborn, first, back door, covered, runner-runner, case, duplicate, offsuit, pocket, cutthroat, more...

Opposite:
youngest, junior, newest, latest, freshest

Types:
oldest, oldest child, oldest son, oldest daughter, oldest grandchild, more...

Phrases:
the eldest, eldest son, eldest born, eldest hand, Project Eldest Son, more...

Adjectives:
second, next, third, own, fourth, primal, youngest, imbecile, unruly, absolute, earliest

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Similar:
firstborn, first, back door, covered, runner-runner, case, duplicate, offsuit, pocket, cutthroat, more...

Opposite:
youngest, junior, newest, latest, freshest

Types:
oldest, oldest child, oldest son, oldest daughter, oldest grandchild, more...

Phrases:
the eldest, eldest son, eldest born, eldest hand, Project Eldest Son, eldest obama daughter, eldest of a literary trio, eldest of the brothers karamazov, eldest sister, opposite of eldest, more...

Adjectives:
second, next, third, own, fourth, primal, youngest, imbecile, unruly, absolute, earliest

Colors:
    crimson,     burgundy,     maroon,     indigo,     charcoal, more...



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