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noun

Double first n. (Eng. Universities)

(a)

A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.

(b)

One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.

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Etymology of 'Double first'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Double first" Quotes from Famous Books

... what I told ye, o' the Greek mothers, the day I left. Weel, I wud hae liked to have carried my shield, but it wasna to be, so I've come home on it." As they went slowly up the garden walk, "I've got my degree, a double first, mathematics and classics." ...

— Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush • Ian Maclaren

Words linked to "Double first" : Britain, first, Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland