third-rate
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See also third rate
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
third-rate (plural third-rates)
- (military, nautical, historical) a sailing warship that can be described with the adjective "third-rate"
[edit] Adjective
third-rate (not comparable)
- of lesser value or quality than second-rate
- (military, nautical, historical) describing a British ship-of-the-line with 64 to 80 guns divided onto two gun decks.
[edit] See also
- first-rate
- second-rate
- fourth-rate
- (military, nautical): two-decker
