first-string

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fûrst′string′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈfirst-ˈstring,  adj. 
  1. composed of regular members, participants, etc.:a first-string team.
first--string•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
first-string  (fûrst′string′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute):the first-string team.
  2. foremost;
    main:the first-string critics.
  • 1915–20
first′-string′er, n. 

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