second-rate
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen.
- Of mediocre quality; not first-rate.
- Alternative spelling of second-rate.
Noun
- A second-rate ship of the line.
- Alternative spelling of second-rate.
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