first-rate (English, adj)
expansion: first-rate (not comparable)
Senses:
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: 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.
tags: UK
historical
not-comparable
glosses: Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.
tags: idiomatic
not-comparable
Forms:
form: first rate
tags: alternative