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First-Rate
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (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).