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first-rate (notcomparable)

  1. (UK, military, nautical, historical) Of aRoyal Navyship of the line in theNapoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across threegun decks, acomplement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500tonsburthen.
  2. (idiomatic)Superb,exceptional; of the best sort; very highquality.
    • 1867,Matthew Arnold,On the Study of Celtic Literature:
      Our onlyfirst-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.
    • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter I, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC,page 2:
      He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and wasfirst-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.
    • 1960,John Updike,'Rabbit, Run', page92:
      "I once did something right. I playedfirst-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."

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superb, exceptional

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first-rate (pluralfirst-rates)

  1. (UK, military, nautical, historical) Afirst-rateship of the line.

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