second rate

/S EH1 K AH0 N D R EY0 T/

adjective

1
Alternative spelling of second-rate. [(UK, military, nautical, historical) 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.]

noun

1
Alternative spelling of second-rate. [(UK, military, nautical, historical) A second-rate ship of the line.]

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