first-rate

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first-rate

adjective first rate

UK, historical, not comparable 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.
idiomatic, not comparable Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.
Similar: amazing, magnificent, splendid, ace, admirable, awe-inspiring, awesome, badass, broyal, bang on, bang-up, studly

noun first-rates · first rate

UK, historical A first-rate ship of the line.

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adj superb, exceptional

Español	de primera, excelente
日本語	一流の ichiryū no
中文	最佳 zuìjiā, 一流, 頂呱呱 /顶呱呱 dǐngguāguā, 頭等 /头等 tóuděng
Português	de primeira classe
Français	de premier choix
Deutsch	erstklassig, erstrangig
Русский	первокла́ссный pervoklássnyj, первосо́ртный pervosórtnyj, перворазря́дный pervorazrjádnyj

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@misc{first_rate_2026,
  title = {first-rate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/first-rate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}