Sentence:  In 1846 Matthew B. Goodwin , jeweler and watchmaker , became the town 's <WSD>first</WSD> telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox House '' or `` one door north of the Bank , Manchester , Vermont '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  preceding all others in time or space or degree