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first-rate

adj

Definitions

  1. Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era

    Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500 tons burthen.

  2. Superb, exceptional

    Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.

    • Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.
    • "I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate."

  3. A first-rate ship of the line.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA