| 1. | of the highest or best class or quality: a first-class movie. |
| 2. | best-equipped and most expensive: a first-class railroad car. |
| 3. | given or entitled to preferred treatment, handling, etc.: first-class mail. |
| 4. | by first-class conveyance: to travel first-class. |

| first-class (fûrst'klās') adj.
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