Lexic.us

Definition of First class

1. Noun. The highest rank in a classification.

2. Adverb. By first class conveyance; with first class accommodations. "We always travel first class"

3. Noun. Mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection.

4. Noun. The most expensive accommodations on a ship or train or plane.

Definition of First class

1. Adjective. Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship, hotel, etc. ¹

3. Adjective. Of, or relating to a class of mail to be delivered before second class. ¹

4. Adjective. (cricket) Of, or relating to a first class match. ¹

5. Proper noun. A rank in the Boy Scouts of America, above tenderfoot and second class, that traditionally has required proficiency in scoutcraft skills. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of First Class

first arch syndrome first balcony first base first baseman first bases first battle of Ypres first bite free first blood first blush first cause

first chair first choice first choices first city first come, first served first come first served first conditional first contact first cousin first cousin once removed

first cousin twice removed first cousins first cousins once removed first cousins twice removed first cranial nerve first cuneiform bone first day cover

Literary usage of First class

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by New South Wales Dept. of Education (1894)
"School of the first class £285 £194 Do Second Class 239 182 Do Third Class ... To a First Assistant, holding a first class Certificate, in a school of the ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"... charging it with the amounts in said Act directed and specified, and deducting from it the amount of the judgments on claims of the first class, to wit, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The reaction in first-class receipts is all the more remarkable became the number of first-class passengers in 1854—14$ ..."

4. A Dictionary Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and by John Ramsay McCulloch (1842)
"to remain in the first description of the first class 8 years, provided they be kept ma state of efficient repair. 7. Ships surveyed while building, ..."

5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"First-class sail vessels season First-class sail vessels year First-class steamers and propellers season First-class steamers and propellers year ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"When the alphabetical system is adopted those who are sure of a first class are freed from anxiety. But many are in suspen-че about ..."

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