sec·ond-class (s?k??nd-kl?s?)adj.1. Of secondary status: second-class issues.2. Of or relating to travel accommodations ranking next below the highest or first class.3. Considered or treated as inferior in status, rights, or privileges in comparison with some others: second-class citizens.sec?ond class? adv.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.sec?ond class? n. 1. the class of accommodations inferior to first class but superior to third class. 2. the class of mail consisting of newspapers and periodicals not sealed against postal inspection. sec?ond-class? adj. 1. of a secondary class or quality. 2. second-rate. 3. deprived of certain civil rights: second-class citizens. [1830?40] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
second class
second classn.1. The group ranking next below the first, highest, or best group in a system of classification.2. Travel accommodations ranking next below the highest or first class.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.second class n the class or grade next in value, quality, etc, to the first adj 1. of the class or grade next to the best in quality, etc 2. shoddy or inferior 3. of or denoting the class of accommodation in a hotel or on a train, etc, lower in quality and price than first class 4. (Philately) a. (in Britain) of or relating to mail that is processed more slowly than first-class mailb. (in the US and Canada) of or relating to mail that consists mainly of newspapers, etc 5. (Education) education See second110 adv by second-class mail, transport, etc Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sec?ond class? n. 1. the class of accommodations inferior to first class but superior to third class. 2. the class of mail consisting of newspapers and periodicals not sealed against postal inspection. sec?ond-class? adj. 1. of a secondary class or quality. 2. second-rate. 3. deprived of certain civil rights: second-class citizens. [1830?40] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.