FIRST-RATE

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett (Thucyd).

2.
n.

A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.

← FIRST-HAND F — all words FIRSTBORN →
Browse all “F” words Find “FIRST-RATE” in other definitions

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.