first-rater

noun

first-rat·​er

-ātə-

: one that is first-rate

in all reports a first-rater

—Charles Dickens

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1760, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for first-rater

• coater
• creator
• curator
• debater
• deflator
• dictator
• dilator
• equator
• locator
• mutator
• piscator
• pronator