First Class Definition

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noun
The first, highest, or best group in a system of classification.
A restaurant of the first class.
American Heritage
The most luxurious and most expensive class of accommodations on a commercial airplane, train, passenger ship, or other conveyance.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • 1st-class mail
  • 1st class
  • first-class mail
  • first-chop
adjective
Constituting or belonging to the first, highest, or best group in a system of classification.
A first-class hotel.
American Heritage
Of the highest class, rank, excellence, etc.; of the best quality.
Webster's New World
Designating or of the most expensive accommodations.
A first-class cabin on a ship.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a class of mail that includes letters, postcards, large envelopes, and small packages.
Webster's New World
(cricket) Of, or relating to a first class match.
Wiktionary
adverb
With the most expensive accommodations.
To travel first-class.
Webster's New World
As or by first-class mail.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A rank in the Boy Scouts of America, above tenderfoot and second class, that traditionally has required proficiency in scoutcraft skills.

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Other Word Forms of First Class

Noun

Singular:
first class
Plural:
first classes

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