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Definition of Double first
1. Noun. A first-class honours degree in two subjects.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Double first
1. Noun. (U.K.) A first-class degree both in classics and mathematics. ¹
2. Noun. (U.K.) One who achieves such a degree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Double first
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Double First
Literary usage of Double first
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Archbishop Temple by Ernest Grey Sandford (1906)
"IT was in May 1842 that Temple obtained his double first-class in classics and
mathematics, and took his degree of BA After a short time in Belgium with his ..."
2. Lives of Twelve Good Men by John William Burgon (1889)
"... with 'a double-first.' Some may require to have it explained to them that
this, at the period referred to, was the highest attainable honour: viz. a ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1856)
"We cannot see how a man can become a double first-class man unless he is a double
... A screw three-decker does not become a double first-rate man-of-war, ..."
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