First-string

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  first-string \first-string\ adj.
     First to play in a game; not reserved as a substitute; -- of
     members of a team. Also used in non-sports contexts to mean
     {first-rate}.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  first-string
       adj 1: of members of a team; not substitutes
       2: of the regular members of a team; not substitutes;
          "first-string players"