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third class en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of third-class.
   alt of third-class

Forms

third class en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (US, countable, uncountable) A reduced-rate mail service for printed matter.
2. (countable, uncountable) A class of accommodation in travel below second class.
3. (UK, countable, historical, uncountable) A class of accommodation in travel below second class. ▸ The cheapest accommodation on a train or ship.
   • Mayhew's survey found that 69 per cent of Met travellers went by third class, 20.5 per cent second, 10.5 per cent first. The Met would abolish second class in 1905 at the time of electrification. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 46:
   • 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. 2023 February 8, Conrad Landin, “Bon appetit: 150 years of railway dining”, in RAIL, number 976, page 47:
   • Mail trains are limited to first and second class passengers, but on the mixed trains third class is also provided, and this is patronised exclusively by natives. 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 640:

Forms

Relateds

second class · 4th class · 1st class · fourth class · first class · fifth class · 5th class · 2nd class

Translations (1)

fr troisième classe (cheapest accomodation on a train or ship)