third class
noun
the class, grade, or rank immediately below the second.
third classes
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pluralof third class.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The indisputable fact is that the laws of our land place no restrictions upon Presidential officers, a term which includes postmasters of the first, second and third classes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The second and third classes filled inferior posts, and were liable to military service, the former as horsemen, and the latter as heavy-armed soldiers on foot.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir
The second and third classes tended to keep alive the status of the former and led to the perpetuation of the landed aristocracy.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various
Knowing that the matter hadn't been dropped, the first and third classes waited—in curiosity.
From Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
The spooneying must all be done, then, by the first and third classes.
From The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy by Flipper, Henry Ossian
