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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Munro was the eldest of three children, and had a younger brother, born in 1936, and a younger sister born in 1937. —Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024

Richard Glenn Rutan was born on July 1, 1938, in Loma Linda, Calif., the eldest of the three children of Irene (Goforth) Rutan and George Rutan. —Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 8 May 2024

Strong is coming off playing Kendall Roy, the eldest son of Logan Roy, in the hit HBO drama Succession, as well as playing Roy Cohn alongside Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice, which will premiere in Cannes. —Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024

Jakub starred in the movie as Lydia Hillard, the eldest daughter of Williams and Sally Field’s characters. —Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 May 2024

Fritz Peterson was born Fred Ingels Peterson in Chicago on Feb. 8, 1942, the eldest of three children of Fred and Annette (Ingels) Peterson. —Bruce Weber, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024

Junior, the eldest, is an artist repeating 10th grade for the third time. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024

But the next day, only two of his sons were freed, leaving the eldest and youngest in captivity. —Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024

As the eldest, Wilson says that she was hit the hardest. —Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024