fifth rate

A form of fifth-rate — Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 32–44 guns across one or two gun decks, a complement of 200–300, and weighing 700–1,450 tons burthen.

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Meanings

adjectivefifth rate (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of fifth-rate.
nounfifth rate (plural fifth rates)

plural fifth rates

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fifth-rate.
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APA

fifth rate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifth%20rate

MLA

“fifth rate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifth%20rate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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