1. sixth rate - Noun
2. sixth rate - Adjective
sixth rate (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of sixth-rate
sixth rate (plural sixth rates)
Alternative spelling of sixth-rate
(UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 20–28 guns on one gun deck, a complement of 140–200, and weighing 340–550 tons burthen.
(idiomatic, uncommon) Terrible, awful; less than fifth-rate.
sixth-rate (plural sixth-rates)
(UK, military, nautical, historical) A sixth-rate warship.
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