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eld·est (el′dist)

adjective

oldest; esp., firstborn or oldest surviving

Etymology: ME < OE eldest(a), ieldest(a), superl. of ald, eald: see old

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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