elder brother's Usage Examples:

He was the elder brother of David Ramsay, though the brothers spelled their name differently.

According to his autobiography, he learned to read by hearing his father teach his elder brother, and with the help of an old woman was able to read quite well before his father thought of teaching him.

His father, born in Woolton, was a sailor and when living in New York, Joe's elder brother, Gerry, was born in 1938.

Along with his elder brother Amanat Ali, he was trained by their father, Akhtar Hussain Khan, a distinguished vocalist in the patronage of the princely state of Patiala in colonial British India.

Thessaly was only held by a modest Roman observation force under the legatus Lucius Hortensius, elder brother of Quintus Hortensius the orator.

The Crown Prince at the time was William's elder brother, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (later King Frederick William IV).

It was founded by Od-de, the elder brother of Lha Lama Changchub Od when he came to Maryul in the 11th Century.

Goodere, was convicted of murder at Bristol and subsequently hanged; he had enticed his elder brother, Sir John Dineley Goodere, 2nd Baronet, on board, and.

the third Viscount, disclaimed the peerages in 1995 on succeeding his elder brother.

Balobedu ba Ga-Mamaila (BaLobedu ba Ha Mmamaila), which was founded by Prince Mmamaila elder brother of Modjadji I, who objected to being ruled by women.

the seventh Baronet (who had succeeded his elder brother, who in his turn had succeeded his elder brother), sat as a Member of Parliament for Tavistock.

Husayn's elder brother Hassan had made a pact, that the Ahl al-Bayt would be responsible for religious decisions and would not interfere in other matters.

When in Zagreb he became inspired by leftist ideas, joining the Yugoslav Communist Party (KPJ) of which his elder brother, the painter Muhamed Kulenović, was already a member, in 1935.

Synonyms:

half brother, stepbrother, blood brother, brother,

Antonyms:

sister, female sibling, foe, nonmember, babe,