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first-string

[ furst-string ]

/ ˈfɜrstˈstrɪŋ /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR first-string ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.

foremost; main: the first-string critics.

Origin of first-string

First recorded in 1915–20

OTHER WORDS FROM first-string

first-string·er, noun

Words nearby first-string

first-past-the-post, first-person shooter, first-rate, first-sale doctrine, first-strike, first-string, first-termer, first-time, first-timer, firstborn, firstcomer

Example sentences from the Web for first-string

On Tuesday the first-string 'varsity men were back at work, with the exception of Benson, whose ankle was in pretty bad condition.

Left End Edwards |Ralph Henry Barbour
With three first-string pitchers like Lefty and Jones and Savage, the team would have a fighting chance.

Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager |Burt L. Standish
She had replaced many of her first-string men, but her captain was still in and so was the quarter-back who had started.

Quarter-Back Bates |Ralph Henry Barbour
There was no scrimmage until the first-string men had trotted off the field.

Left End Edwards |Ralph Henry Barbour

On Friday there was only signal work for the subs, but the first-string players and the second held scrimmage as usual.

Center Rush Rowland |Ralph Henry Barbour