ELDER SON collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of and son
elder-sister-brother-son-daughter
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(Definition of elder-sister-brother-son-daughter and son from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
## Examples of elder son
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Moreover, if the eldest son was deceased, the headship passed to the eldest surviving son of the deceased elder son.
The elder son is 11 and the younger seven.
Certainly, that is the belief of my elder son.
In 1943, the elder son was called up to serve this country in time of war.
My elder son is co-ordinator of the plans for the super channel.
My elder son was part of that scheme and benefited from it.
I am the elder son of a peer and the peerage goes back to 1542.
Ten years ago, when she did the same for an elder son, the service was free.
According to some sources, the elder son of an elder son places a label upon a label.
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He was succeeded by his elder son.
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The elder son also became a minister.
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It meant, she thought, the end of his chances educationally, just as it had with her elder son.
I was wired for six months ago to go to my elder son, the only one left.
I remember the case of an elder son of a farmer who would eventually inherit the small farm.
What ground is there to warrant you in saying the elder son shall inherit but the elder daughter may not?
I did not know that writs were used to allow an elder son to serve alongside his father.
He is the elder son of the family.
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The father dies after his elder son is taken away.
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After his death, his elder son became the sardar.
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His elder son is a doctor by profession.
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We are subjected to the same injustice, as the elder son, but we are not given the consolation of being the father's heir.
Many of these small men work hard all their lives with the idea of eventually handing over the farm to the elder son.
It will be recorded by the authority of law that that child is the child of the elder son of the peer.
At that time an elder son was working in the home, and that was the reason she was granted only partial compensation.
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