Eldest : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Eldest	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Eldest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eldest adj first in order of birth; "the firstborn child" [syn: firstborn, eldest] n the offspring who came first in the order of birth [syn: firstborn, eldest]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eldest \Eld"est\, a. [AS. yldest, superl. of eald old. See {Elder}, a.] 1. Oldest; longest in duration. --Shak. 2. Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See {Elder}. [bd]My lady's eldest son.[b8] --Shak. Their eldest historians are of suspected credit. --Bp. Stillingfleet. {Eldest hand} (Card Playing), the player on the dealer's left hand. --R. A. Proctor.