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second-class citizens

second-class citizens is the plural of second-class citizen.

Meaning of second-class citizen

Noun

second-class citizen (plural second-class citizens)

  1. A member of a class of individuals that receive inferior treatment.
  2. (programming languages) Synonym of second-class object.

Questions about second-class citizens

What is second-class citizens the plural of?
Second-class citizens is the plural of second-class citizen.

Words near second-class citizens in the dictionary

  1. second-acts
  2. second-best
  3. second-campism
  4. second-class
  5. second-class citizen
  6. second-class citizens
  7. second-class continuation
  8. second-class continuations
  9. second-class entities
  10. second-class entity
  11. second-class object

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