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Definition of Third-rate
1. Adjective. Of lesser quality than second-rate.
Definition of Third-rate
1. Noun. (military nautical historical) a sailing warship that can be described with the adjective "third-rate" ¹
2. Adjective. of lesser value or quality than second-rate ¹
3. Adjective. (military nautical historical) describing a British ship-of-the-line with 64 to 80 guns divided onto two gun decks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Third-rate
Literary usage of Third-rate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1884)
"Whiting, training-ship, at New York ; Portsmouth, third rate, sails, 12 guns.
Commander William C. Wise, at Norfolk lor repairs. There were also on special ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1884)
"Charle* S. Norton ; Iroquois, third rote, 1 (rune, Commander James H. Sands ;
Adams, third rate, в guns, Commander Joseph B. Coghlan ..."
3. Hazard's United States Commercial and Statistical Register: Containing edited by Samuel Hazard (1841)
"First rate, $1000 Third rate, $260 First rate, $100 Fourth rate, ... First rate,
$500 Third rate, $150 Second do 300 The following letter from the ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1905)
"A third-rate POET. IT sometimes happens that a third-rate poet gains, by force
of circumstances, a prominent place in literary ..."
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