second-class citizen
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecond classandcitizen
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second-class
adjective
uk/ˌsek.ənd ˈklɑːs/us/ˌsek.ənd ˈklæs/
less important than ...
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citizen
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən/us/ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən/
a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town ...
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(Definition ofsecond-classandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The insinuation is that she is asecond-classcitizen.
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Why should a disabled person be asecond-classcitizen, depending entirely on proxy votes and postal votes?
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Have we ever accepted that asecond-classcitizenexists?
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But what we are comparing here is a spell in prison with being asecond-classcitizenliving in the world outside.
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I do not believe that we could do this without creating a kind ofsecond-classcitizen.
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He does not want to be regarded as asecond-classcitizen.
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To do so would make him asecond-classcitizenin relation to the scheme and would be quite unjustified.
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Why is he no longer asecond-classcitizen?
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There is the feeling that a council tenant is asecond-classcitizen.
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I do not think that thesecond-classcitizenproblem would arise.
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It is about time that we stopped treating the motorist as asecond-classcitizen.
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This is the trouble: the man is classed almost as asecond-classcitizen—a trainee.
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Every one of those women will be asecond-classcitizen, compared to citizen men, in terms of their rights in that respect.
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There is alarm and despondency at the idea of one's child being relegated, even if fairly, at an early age to being asecond-classcitizen.
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I have never been treated by anyone as asecond-classcitizen.
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He told me that he was not an extremist, but felt that he was asecond-classcitizen.
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It is regrettable that from the very moment that it is born the child is regarded as illegitimate and, therefore, asecond-classcitizen.
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She is made asecond-classcitizenbecause she is allowed only to live as a citizen through the husband.
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