sixth rate

A form of sixth-rate — Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 20–28 guns on one gun deck, a complement of 140–200, and weighing 340–550 tons burthen.

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Meanings

adjectivesixth rate (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of sixth-rate.
nounsixth rate (plural sixth rates)

plural sixth rates

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of sixth-rate.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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