First-rate

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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. UK, historical, not-comparable
  2. 2
    Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality. idiomatic, not-comparable

    "Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of the highest quality wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    quite well wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A first-rate ship of the line. UK, historical

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