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first string

adj, noun — 3 senses

first-string

adjalso spelled first-string
1

describing the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)

Related terms
first string

first string

noun
1

the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)

  • I played first string in the last quarter of the game.
2

the first violinist in an orchestra.

Derived terms
first-stringer
Related terms
first-string

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for first-string and first string.