Definition of "four-star" []

• Of superlative quality: a four-star restaurant. (adjective)

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• "Now, of course, some of the top recruits, the so-called four-star and five-star prospects, have already announced where they will be, uh ... matriculating."
• "It includes two promising quarterbacks, some productive receivers and a four-star running back."
• "While the heavy U.S. troop presence in Iraq between 2003-2008 created a large number of three- and four-star generals with extensive command experience in that country, the pool is much smaller in Afghanistan."