second rate

A form of second-rate — 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.

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Meanings

adjectivesecond rate (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of second-rate.
nounsecond rate (plural second rates)

plural second rates

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of second-rate.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “second rate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/second%20rate.

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