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What does "second class" mean?
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Inferior; see second best.
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Travel accommodations ranking below the highest or first class, as in Traveling second class on European trains is not only cheaper but gives you more contact with local people. [c. 1840]
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In the United States and Canada, a category of mail consisting of periodicals and newspapers. [c. 1870]
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second-class citizen. An individual regarded or treated as inferior to others in status or rights, an underprivileged person. For example, In many countries women still are considered second-class citizens. This term uses second class in the sense of “inferior.” [c. 1940]
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