Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
Of the highest importance.
A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.
Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen.
Of mediocre quality; not first-rate.
A second-rate ship of the line.