Usually means: Primary players in a team.
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  1. first-string: Merriam-Webster
  2. first-string: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. first-string, first-string: Collins English Dictionary
  4. first-string: Vocabulary.com
  5. first-string: Wordnik
  6. first-string: Wiktionary
  7. first-string: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. first-string: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. first-string: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. first-string: Dictionary.com
  11. first-string: Rhymezone
  12. first-string: FreeDictionary.org
  13. first-string: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. first-string: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Similar:
primary, regular, second-string, third-string, semi-professional, first-half, weak-side, opening, shorthanded, seeded, more...

Opposite:
second-string, backup, reserve, bench

Types:
starting, varsity, reserve, substitute, more...

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Similar:
primary, regular, second-string, third-string, semi-professional, first-half, weak-side, opening, shorthanded, seeded, more...

Opposite:
second-string, backup, reserve, bench

Types:
starting, varsity, reserve, substitute, more...



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