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fourth-rates

fourth-rates is the plural of fourth-rate.

Meaning of fourth-rate

Noun

fourth-rate (plural fourth-rates)

  1. (UK, historical) A fourth-rate ship of the line.

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Questions about fourth-rates

What is fourth-rates the plural of?
Fourth-rates is the plural of fourth-rate.

Words near fourth-rates in the dictionary

  1. fourth-degree burn
  2. fourth-degree burns
  3. fourth-dimensionally
  4. fourth-party logistics
  5. fourth-rate
  6. fourth-rates
  7. fourth-wall
  8. fourth-wall joke
  9. fourth-wall jokes
  10. fourth-walls
  11. fourth-wave feminism

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