second class

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See also: second-class

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Adjective

second class (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of second-class

Noun

second class (uncountable)

  1. The second-lowest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, between tenderfoot and first class.
  2. A class of travel, inferior to first class.
    • 2023 February 8, Conrad Landin, “Bon appetit: 150 years of railway dining”, in RAIL, number 976, page 47:
      Allport's decision in 1872 to abolish Second Class on the Midland and effectively upgrade Third Class to the standards of Second, most notably with upholstered seating, sent shockwaves through the Victorian railway.
  3. (UK) A class of postage with delivery times slower than first class.

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