Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
The first of a number of lists, especially lists arranged in order of importance or preference. · An informal list of people (especially in the entertainment industry, or professionally or socially prominent) who are the most admired or desirable, or likely to bring success.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf or relating, or belonging, to an A-list (noun sense 2). · Best of a group; first-class, pre-eminent, top.
The noun is derived from A (“rank (normally the highest) on a scale that assigns letters”) + list. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun.
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