'Eldest hand' definitions:
Definition of 'eldest hand'
From: WordNet
noun
The card player on the dealer's left [syn: eldest hand, elder hand]
Definition of 'Eldest hand'
From: GCIDE
- Eldest \Eld"est\, a. [AS. yldest, superl. of eald old. See Elder, a.]
- 1. Oldest; longest in duration. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder. "My lady's eldest son." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Their eldest historians are of suspected credit. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
- Eldest hand (Card Playing), the player on the dealer's left hand. --R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster]