日商工は３団体 **でも** 一番歴史が古く１９２２年に発足した。

(As backdrop, the 経済連、経済交友会 and 日商工 are the three largest business lobbying
organizations in Japan according to the Manga. And 日商工 is the oldest.)

My question: what does でも mean here? でも usually have three meanings:- 1) but
2) even including and 3) among other things. But でも here does not seem to fit
in any of the above meanings.
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Meaning of でも in this special context from しまこうさく　まなが
Whether the で and the も are analyzed separately or as one unit, でも in this
sentence would emphasize the subject as the **superlative case** among the
three, loosely fitting within the second usage you listed ("even including").

Sometimes it's hard to find a corresponding usage category in a J-E
dictionary, which usually list only the main usages, whereas in a more
comprehensive J-J dictionary you can find a closer match.
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