Elder and eldest can be used instead of older and oldest to talk about the order of birth of the members of a family.
They are only used attributively (before nouns).
Compare:
- My elder/older brother has just got married.
- His eldest/oldest daughter is a medical student.
Elder brother/sister are used when a person has only one brother/sister who is older; eldest is used when there are more.
- elder son/daughter is the older of two;
- eldest son/daughter is the oldest of two or more.
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