double first

noun

, British University.

1. a first in two subjects.
2. a student who earns a first in two subjects.

double first

noun

1. a first-class honours degree in two subjects

Example Sentences

A "Double-First" never gives way to enthusiasms; his heart never gets into his head.

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The education in fact, of the peasant, and that of the future double-first collegian, begins and proceeds on the same principle.

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As everybody knows, Peel had won a double-first twenty-three years before, and in mathematics Peel had the first class to himself.

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Vane had fulfilled the promise of his earlier career and had taken a brilliant double-first.

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The education in fact of the peasant, and that of the future double-first collegian, begin and proceed on the same principle.

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