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Webster 1913 Edition

Second-rate

Sec′ond-rateˊ

,
Adj.
Of the second size, rank, quality, or value;
as, a
second-rate
ship;
second-rate
cloth; a
second-rate
champion
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Second-rate

SEC'OND-RATE

,
Noun.
[second and rate.] The second order in size, dignity, or value.
They call it thunder of the second-rate. Addison.
So we say, a ship of the second-rate.

SEC'OND-RATE

,
Adj.
Of the second size, rank, quality or value; as a second-rate ship; a second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.

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second-rate

second-rate

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English

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second-rate ‎(plural second-rates)

  1. (military, nautical, historical) a British ship-of-the-line sail warship that has 90 to 98 guns dispersed onto 3 gundecks.

Adjective

second-rate ‎(comparative more second-rate, superlative most second-rate)

  1. Of mediocre quality, not first class.
    They are intrigued by Mrs Deelville; she is dowdy, languid-voiced, and ill-dressed, in every way appearing second-rate, who nonethless - rather tiresomely - seems to have the knack of attracting men. - Rudyard Kipling A Second-rate Woman 1888

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