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second class
1noun
- the class of travel accommodations, as on a train, that are less costly and luxurious than first class but are more costly and luxurious than third class. Compare cabin class.
- (in the U.S. Postal Service) the class of mail consisting of newspapers and periodicals not sealed against postal inspection.
- the second of three honors degrees conferred by a British university.
second-class
2[ sek-uhnd-klas, -klahs ]
adjective
- of a secondary class or quality.
- second-rate; inferior.
adverb
- by second-class mail or passenger accommodations:
to travel second-class.
second class
noun
- the class or grade next in value, quality, etc, to the first
adjective
- of the class or grade next to the best in quality, etc
- shoddy or inferior
- of or denoting the class of accommodation in a hotel or on a train, etc, lower in quality and price than first class
- (in Britain) of or relating to mail that is processed more slowly than first-class mail
- (in the US and Canada) of or relating to mail that consists mainly of newspapers, etc
- education See second 1
adverb
- by second-class mail, transport, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of second class1
Origin of second class2
Example Sentences
Women are still treated like second-class citizens in many ways.
Unless they do,” she says, “victims of violence by NFL players will continue to be treated as second-class citizens.
Still, this is what trans people live with: being treated as second-class citizens, even by others in the “LGBT community.”
They do it because they want women to be submissive, second-class citizen.
The train was still moving, and a cold wind rushed into the open second-class compartment.
She had paid second-class fare, and was shown a small dark berth not far from the first cabin places.
As you said, I am only picking up a living here, and even the passage by your own second-class steamship line is expensive.
One door each side on the port and starboard sides aft into the forward second-class entrance.
I want to photograph you with the third-class passengers, then the second-class, and have you shown playing games on deck.
This band was only to receive a second-class medal, for one cannot give first-class medals to everybody, can one?
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