first-rate

  1. Noun.  (military, nautical) A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks.
  2. Adjective.  (military, nautical) Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.
  3. Adjective.  (context, by extension) Exceptionally good.

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