FIRST-RATER (first-rater)

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: first-rater

Dictionary entry overview: What does first-rater mean?

• FIRST-RATER (noun)
The noun FIRST-RATER has 1 sense:

1. one who is first-rate

Familiarity information: FIRST-RATER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FIRST-RATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who is first-rate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("first-rater" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Context examples

He had deemed the Transcontinental a first-rater, and it paid a cent for ten words.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

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