second-rate

Definitions

1. 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 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen.

2. 2

   Of mediocre quality

   Of mediocre quality; not first-rate.

   • They are intrigued by Mrs Deelville; she is dowdy, languid-voiced, and ill-dressed, in every way appearing second-rate, who nonetheless - rather tiresomely - seems to have the knack of attracting men.
3. 3

   A second-rate ship of the line.

The neighborhood

• neighborfifth-rate
• neighborfirst-rate
• neighborfourth-rate
• neighbormediocre
• neighborsecond-class
• neighborsixth-rate
• neighborsubpar
• neighborsubstandard
• neighborthird-rate