First″–rate′ (?), 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).
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.