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Synonyms for second-class

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sek-uh nd-klas, -klahs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛk əndˈklæs, -ˈklɑs

Top 10 synonyms for second-class
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Définition of second-class

Origin :
  • 1833, from noun phrase (1810), from second (adj.) + class (n.). Phrase second-class citizen is recorded from 1942.
  • The Negro recognizes that he is a second-class citizen and that status is fraught with violent potentialities, particularly today when he is living up to the full responsibilities of citizenship on the field of battle. [Louis E. Martin, "To Be or Not to Be a Liberal," in "The Crisis," September 1942]
  • adj inferior
Example sentences :
  • They were seated in a second-class railway carriage by this time.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • "We are going for cattle," and he took two second-class tickets for Dalby.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
  • A second-class compartment of a corridor carriage, in motion.
  • Extract from : « The Little Man (From Six Short Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • The second-class and steerage passengers were equally anxious.
  • Extract from : « The Coming Conquest of England » by August Niemann
  • The lists had just appeared, and he was only a second-class man.
  • Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
  • He was industrious, patient, and honest with a sort of second-class honesty.
  • Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope
  • The second-class passengers were all in their berths, and many of them asleep.
  • Extract from : « My First Voyage to Southern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • In the civil service he was given only second-class consulates.
  • Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 » by Various
  • The second-class carriages there are fit for anybody to travel in.
  • Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith
  • The second-class bag with the papers was scarcely less exciting.
  • Extract from : « The Woman from Outside » by Hulbert Footner
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