EGAVE

first-rate

Meaning

  1. adjective 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. adjective Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.
  3. noun A first-rate ship of the line.

Similar words

crack tiptop very well ace tops superior topnotch super a-one leading-edge

Word family

first-rateness first-ratenesses first-rater first-raters

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