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1. Of inferior status or quality
   "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations"

1. Not the highest rank in a classification
    
2. Not the highest quality in a classification
    
3. A class of accommodations on a ship, train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations
   - cabin class, economy class

1. By second class conveyance
   "we travelled second class"

Derived forms: second classes

See also: inferior

Type of: accommodation, inferiority, low quality, rank

Encyclopedia: Second class