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first-string

first-string adjective: describing the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on).

Adjective

first-string

  1. describing the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)

Questions about first-string

What does first-string mean?
First-string means describing the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on).
What part of speech is first-string?
First-string is an adjective.

Words near first-string in the dictionary

  1. first-rater
  2. first-raters
  3. first-rates
  4. first-run
  5. first-sale doctrine
  6. first-string
  7. first-stringer
  8. first-stringers
  9. first-teamer
  10. first-teamers
  11. first-time

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