second-class

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of inferior status or quality; "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations
The second-class accommodation on a train or ship is the ordinary accommodation, which is cheaper and less comfortable than the first-class accommodation. He sat in the corner of a second-class carriage a second-class ticket. Second class is also an adverb. I recently travelled second class from Pisa to Ventimiglia. Second-class is second-class accommodation on a train or ship. In second class the fare is £85 one-way
If you describe something as second-class, you mean that it is of poor quality. I am not prepared to see children in some parts of this country having to settle for a second-class education. = second-rate
In Britain, second-class postage is the slower and cheaper type of postage. In the United States, second-class postage is the type of postage that is used for sending newspapers and magazines. a second-class stamp. Second class is also an adverb. They're going to send it second class
If someone treats you as a second-class citizen, they treat you as if you are less valuable and less important than other people. Too many airlines treat our children as second-class citizens
In Britain, a second-class degree is a good university degree, but not as good as a first-class degree. A second-class honours degree is the minimum requirement
{s} of the second rank; of inferior quality; second division
class="word-self">second-class citizen
A person considered inferior in status or rights in comparison with some others: "He believes women... are second-class citizens under the Constitution" (Edward M. Kennedy)
class="word-self">second-class citizen
{i} citizen who does not have as many privileges as other citizens
chief petty officer class="word-self">second class
A warrant officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above petty officer first class and below chief petty officer first class
chief petty officers class="word-self">second class
plural form of chief petty officer second class
petty officer class="word-self">second class
A non-commissioned officer in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking above petty officer third class and below petty officer first class
petty officer class="word-self">second class
A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, ranking above master seaman and below petty officer first class
petty officers class="word-self">second class
plural form of petty officer second class
class="word-self">second class
by second class conveyance; "we traveled second class"
class="word-self">second class
Cabin class: accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations
class="word-self">second class
not the highest rank in a classification by second class conveyance; "we traveled second class
class="word-self">second class
{i} group of people or items grouped together as the second best; second-best accommodation (in a train, airplane, ship)
class="word-self">second class
not the highest rank in a classification
class="word-self">second class seaman
soldier of the second rank in the navy
secondclass
Of the rank or degree below the best or highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage
travel class="word-self">second-class
take a journey with a second-class seat, travel in the second-class compartment (of a train, plane, etc.)