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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
“A city devoid of the necessary safeguards to check police misconduct weakens public safety and reinforces a sentiment that officers are above the law and that the rest of us are all de-facto second class citizens.”
But the UN's latest fact-finding mission in the country says women "still live in a system that relegates them to second class citizens".
Using a dog whistle, then, "is threatening for democracy because democracy is all about equality, not making some people into second class citizens."
It had proposed axing second class mail on Saturdays as well alternate weekday deliveries - both of which options are now being examined by Ofcom.
Royal Mail has estimated that reforming second class services, plus changing its performance targets, could save the business £300m a year.
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