second-classadj.

Etymology: < second class n.

a. Of or belonging to the class (in any sense of the word) next to the first. Also absol. a place in the second class (in an examination); also a second-class railway ticket or compartment.

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > second best

next best1423

secondary1428

second best1439

secondc1440

secondar1474

second-rate1669

second line1797

second-class1837

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adjective] > specific class of passenger accommodation

first class1821

second-class1837

third class1839

business class1962

standard class1988

1837–8 Civil Engineer & Archit. Jrnl. 1 324/1 A Birmingham first class coach weighs 3 tons 17 cwt. 2 qrs... I have not weighed our second class open carriages.

1839 Bradshaw's Rly. Time Tables 10th Mo. 25th Birm'ham to L'pool, Gentlemen riding in their own Carriages charged Second Class Fares.

1839 Bradshaw's Rly. Time Tables 10th Mo. 25th L'pool to Manch., On Sundays—Second Class Train, 7 Morning.

1846 Commercial Mag. Oct. 133 His Lordship..refused to travel in the first-class carriages, and went as a second-class passenger.

a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 429 Punctual they met, a second class he took.

1861 Chambers's Jrnl. 23 Mar. 177/2 I ride in second-class carriages, because the fare is cheaper than that of the first-class.

1888 R. Kipling Phantom 'Rickshaw 74 There was only one Second-class on the train.

1899 Statesman's Year-bk. 1123 The Sudan has been divided into..three second-class districts.

1901 R. Kipling Kim vii. 166 Father Victor..put him into an empty second-class next to Colonel Creighton's first.

1956 Times 4 June 10/7 In 1875 one of the railway companies abolished ‘second class’, and called it ‘third’.

b. second-class matter (U.S.): postal matter consisting of periodicals sent from the office of publication; now replaced by second-class mail (not restricted to the U.S.): mail sent at the lower of two rates; so second-class letter, etc.

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1873 U.S. Postal Laws ii. viii. 176 Postage on second-class matter must be prepaid in money.

1883 Sci. Amer. 6 Jan. (title) Entered at the Post Office of New York, N.Y. as Second Class Matter.

1968 Times 19 Mar. 2/1 Principal recommendations are: a two-tier system providing a first class letter service..and a slower second class service.

1968 Times 19 Mar. 9/1 The proposal for a first and second class mail service is a confession of failure.

1972 R. Hill Fairly Dangerous Thing i. i. 11 A confirmation had been sent off the previous day, second-class mail.

1976 Cumberland & Westmorland Herald 4 Dec. 9/6 A second-class letter posted after the last collection on a Friday night would not be dealt with until the following Monday.

1981 G. Hammond Revenge Game xiv. 155 Put a second-class stamp on it and it may never get there.

c. second-class road: a road of a second class; a B-road (see B n. 4b(b).

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > road of specific class

second-class road1906

A1921

B1921

tertiary road1960

1906 Min. Evidence Royal Comm. Motor Cars 191/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3081) XLVIII. 89 The roads within the country used for heavy traffic may be divided into three classes: first-class roads,..second-class roads, which require strengthening only, [etc.].

1914 in 5th Ann. Rep. Road Board 77 in Parl. Papers 1914–16 XXXV. 127 The roads are to be divided into three classes—1. First Class; 2. Second Class; 3. All other roads.

1922 Michelin Guide Great Brit. (ed. 6) (Atlas) 31 Second-class roads are designated ‘B’ with its [sic] number.

1975 ‘G. Black’ Big Wind for Summer ii. 29 I drove..into a second-class road that became acutely third class.

d. second-class citizen: a person assigned to an inferior class of citizenship; one deprived of normal civic and legal rights; also in extended and figurative uses. Hence second-class citizenship. Originally U.S.

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1942 Time 6 July 16/3 Finerty..argued that destitute ‘second-class citizens’ like Waller were barred from serving on Virginia juries.

1948 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 4 Jan. in Coll. Ess. (1968) IV. 401 Zilliacus wrote in demanding what amounts to Fascist legislation and creation of 2nd-class citizens.

1951 I. Shaw Troubled Air xv. 217 Cohen..can't get into an hotel. He tells Levy, ‘..we're second-class citizens in this country.’

1958 J. K. Galbraith Affluent Society ix. 107 We relegate one important class of production to a second-class citizenship.

1965 Austral. Encycl. I. 322/1 These people [sc. convicts] were second-class citizens, well versed in the routines of unorthodox speech.

1972 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. (ed. 2) p. viii Women are second-class citizens, as they are saying energetically and competently in many countries.

1974 Listener 17 Jan. 95/3 To show what the graphic artist (a second-class citizen in the art world) is capable of.

1975 S. Lauder Killing Time on Corvo xvii. 160 Brazil..offered more opportunities to an educated girl than the restrictions, the second-class citizenship, of old-fashioned Portugal.

2. quasi-adv. By a second-class conveyance.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adverb] > by specific class of accommodation

first class1846

second-class1863

third class1863

first1868

business class1962

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adverb] > by specific class of accommodation > travel by

second-class1900

1863 E. C. Gaskell Let. 1 June (1966) 702 We shall have..to return—I was going to say 2nd class.

1877 A. Trollope Amer. Senator II. xxv. 268 Why could she not go by herself, second class, like any other young woman?

1900 A. Upward Ebenezer Lobb 206 Seymour says he came second-class,..and he had absolutely no luggage.

1974 Times 22 Oct. 14/4 I'll pay rail fares, of course. Second class. I always travel second class.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	second-class
释义	second-classadj. Etymology: < second class n. 1. a. Of or belonging to the class (in any sense of the word) next to the first. Also absol. a place in the second class (in an examination); also a second-class railway ticket or compartment. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > second best next best1423 secondary1428 second best1439 secondc1440 secondar1474 second-rate1669 second line1797 second-class1837 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adjective] > specific class of passenger accommodation first class1821 second-class1837 third class1839 business class1962 standard class1988 1837–8 Civil Engineer & Archit. Jrnl. 1 324/1 A Birmingham first class coach weighs 3 tons 17 cwt. 2 qrs... I have not weighed our second class open carriages. 1839 Bradshaw's Rly. Time Tables 10th Mo. 25th Birm'ham to L'pool, Gentlemen riding in their own Carriages charged Second Class Fares. 1839 Bradshaw's Rly. Time Tables 10th Mo. 25th L'pool to Manch., On Sundays—Second Class Train, 7 Morning. 1846 Commercial Mag. Oct. 133 His Lordship..refused to travel in the first-class carriages, and went as a second-class passenger. a1861 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 429 Punctual they met, a second class he took. 1861 Chambers's Jrnl. 23 Mar. 177/2 I ride in second-class carriages, because the fare is cheaper than that of the first-class. 1888 R. Kipling Phantom 'Rickshaw 74 There was only one Second-class on the train. 1899 Statesman's Year-bk. 1123 The Sudan has been divided into..three second-class districts. 1901 R. Kipling Kim vii. 166 Father Victor..put him into an empty second-class next to Colonel Creighton's first. 1956 Times 4 June 10/7 In 1875 one of the railway companies abolished ‘second class’, and called it ‘third’. b. second-class matter (U.S.): postal matter consisting of periodicals sent from the office of publication; now replaced by second-class mail (not restricted to the U.S.): mail sent at the lower of two rates; so second-class letter, etc. ΚΠ 1873 U.S. Postal Laws ii. viii. 176 Postage on second-class matter must be prepaid in money. 1883 Sci. Amer. 6 Jan. (title) Entered at the Post Office of New York, N.Y. as Second Class Matter. 1968 Times 19 Mar. 2/1 Principal recommendations are: a two-tier system providing a first class letter service..and a slower second class service. 1968 Times 19 Mar. 9/1 The proposal for a first and second class mail service is a confession of failure. 1972 R. Hill Fairly Dangerous Thing i. i. 11 A confirmation had been sent off the previous day, second-class mail. 1976 Cumberland & Westmorland Herald 4 Dec. 9/6 A second-class letter posted after the last collection on a Friday night would not be dealt with until the following Monday. 1981 G. Hammond Revenge Game xiv. 155 Put a second-class stamp on it and it may never get there. c. second-class road: a road of a second class; a B-road (see B n. 4b(b). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > road of specific class second-class road1906 A1921 B1921 tertiary road1960 1906 Min. Evidence Royal Comm. Motor Cars 191/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 3081) XLVIII. 89 The roads within the country used for heavy traffic may be divided into three classes: first-class roads,..second-class roads, which require strengthening only, [etc.]. 1914 in 5th Ann. Rep. Road Board 77 in Parl. Papers 1914–16 XXXV. 127 The roads are to be divided into three classes—1. First Class; 2. Second Class; 3. All other roads. 1922 Michelin Guide Great Brit. (ed. 6) (Atlas) 31 Second-class roads are designated ‘B’ with its [sic] number. 1975 ‘G. Black’ Big Wind for Summer ii. 29 I drove..into a second-class road that became acutely third class. d. second-class citizen: a person assigned to an inferior class of citizenship; one deprived of normal civic and legal rights; also in extended and figurative uses. Hence second-class citizenship. Originally U.S. ΚΠ 1942 Time 6 July 16/3 Finerty..argued that destitute ‘second-class citizens’ like Waller were barred from serving on Virginia juries. 1948 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 4 Jan. in Coll. Ess. (1968) IV. 401 Zilliacus wrote in demanding what amounts to Fascist legislation and creation of 2nd-class citizens. 1951 I. Shaw Troubled Air xv. 217 Cohen..can't get into an hotel. He tells Levy, ‘..we're second-class citizens in this country.’ 1958 J. K. Galbraith Affluent Society ix. 107 We relegate one important class of production to a second-class citizenship. 1965 Austral. Encycl. I. 322/1 These people [sc. convicts] were second-class citizens, well versed in the routines of unorthodox speech. 1972 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. (ed. 2) p. viii Women are second-class citizens, as they are saying energetically and competently in many countries. 1974 Listener 17 Jan. 95/3 To show what the graphic artist (a second-class citizen in the art world) is capable of. 1975 S. Lauder Killing Time on Corvo xvii. 160 Brazil..offered more opportunities to an educated girl than the restrictions, the second-class citizenship, of old-fashioned Portugal. 2. quasi-adv. By a second-class conveyance. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adverb] > by specific class of accommodation first class1846 second-class1863 third class1863 first1868 business class1962 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adverb] > by specific class of accommodation > travel by second-class1900 1863 E. C. Gaskell Let. 1 June (1966) 702 We shall have..to return—I was going to say 2nd class. 1877 A. Trollope Amer. Senator II. xxv. 268 Why could she not go by herself, second class, like any other young woman? 1900 A. Upward Ebenezer Lobb 206 Seymour says he came second-class,..and he had absolutely no luggage. 1974 Times 22 Oct. 14/4 I'll pay rail fares, of course. Second class. I always travel second class. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1837
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