OLDER, OLDEST
ADJECTIVES
► AYNE first-born, eldest → 1483 obs.
► ELDEST most aged, farthest advanced in age; oldest → c1000 obs.
► GREATER older, elder → 1380 obs.
► OLDENMOST oldest → 1843 Amer. dial. arch.
► OLDERMOST oldest → 1843 Amer. dial. arch.
NOUNS
► BETTER SIDE what is more or older than → Bk1911 Sc.
► DADDY OF THEM ALL the biggest or oldest of all → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRANDDADDY OF THEM ALL the biggest or oldest of all → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► OLDER END those of more mature years; the older ones of a company → 1873 Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► TWANK an older man → 1960s homosexual sl.