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first-order |
first-order correlation |
first-place finish |
first-rate |
first-rater |
first-string
| first-year
| firstborn
| firsthand
| firstling
| firstly
first-string
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective first-string has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
first-string, adj.
First to play in a game; not reserved as a substitute; -- of members of a team. Also used in non-sports contexts to mean first-rate. [WordNet 1.5]
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