fourth rate

A form of fourth-rate — Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 50–60 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 320–420, and weighing approximately 1,000 tons burthen.

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Meanings

adjectivefourth rate (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of fourth-rate.
nounfourth rate (plural fourth rates)

plural fourth rates

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fourth-rate.
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APA

fourth rate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourth%20rate

MLA

“fourth rate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourth%20rate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fourth rate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourth%20rate.

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