单词 | disclass |
释义 | disclassv. transitive. To remove from a class; esp. to remove (a person) from his or her original social class. Now also: to undo the classification of (a ship); to declassify. Cf. declass v. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > accord social rank to [verb (transitive)] > deprive of rank or class disgentilize1621 disknight1621 dislady1631 discaste1847 outcaste1867 disclass1868 demote1872 1868 [implied in: Standard 27 Jan. 2/3 In the event of any of these disclassed beings (neither any more Englishmen nor of any other nationality) returning to their own country. (at disclassed adj.)]. 1870 Eng. Independent 11 Aug. 795/2 Wissenburg is an important commercial town of a thousand inhabitants, but it was disclassed as a fortified town in 1867. 1897 Guardian 30 June 1020/3 The average livings..have been reduced to a point at which it becomes impossible for a clergyman to live suitably unless he is ‘content to disclass his own children’. 1934 G. B. Shaw Prefaces 626/2 The baron's cadet..cannot avail himself of the public elementary and secondary schools because such a step would disclass the man of family. 1992 Jrnl. Commerce (Nexis) 13 Nov. b1 A sizable share of the older ships that it has disclassed over the past couple of years went to Bureau Veritas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1868 |
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