单词 | first-class man |
释义 | > as lemmasfirst-class man first-class man n. (also first-classman) now historical a man achieving a first-class result in an examination. ΚΠ 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 604/1 This, sir, is Bob Buller of Brazennose—first-class-man, sir, both in Litt. Hum. and Class. Phys. 1871 S. Smiles Character ii. 33 A first-classman at Oxford. 1913 G. W. E. Russell Half-lengths (1970) v. 161 It was said of the Emancipator that he was the only man in England who had three sons first-class men at Oxford. 1997 S. Rothblatt Mod. University & Discontents (2009) iv. 217 We have no firm idea of how many ‘first-class men’ or high seconds fell short of achieving place and reputation in British society. < as lemmas |
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