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firste

firste is the obsolete spelling of first.

Meaning of first

Adjective

first (no comparative, superlative firstmost)

  1. (no-comparative) Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
    • Hancock was first to arrive.
    Synonyms:
    maiden, prime
  2. (no-comparative) Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
    • Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
  3. (no-comparative) Of or belonging to a first family.
    • First Cat; First Daughter; First Dog; First Son
  4. (no-comparative) Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.

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Questions about firste

What is firste the obsolete spelling of?
Firste is the obsolete spelling of first.

Words near firste in the dictionary

  1. firstable
  2. firstborn
  3. firstborns
  4. firstcomer
  5. firstcomers
  6. firste
  7. firsted
  8. firster
  9. firsters
  10. firstest
  11. firstfoot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: firste (page history and authors); first (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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