Meanings
noun
- UKdatedderogatoryThe lower classes in society.
1 more example
Although the extension to Crewe carried the line much nearer to the town, it was decided to retain this station, and a large enclosure there was roofed over to accommodate third class passengers (the M.B.R. was more generous than most railways in its treatment of what were then known as the "lower orders").
1957 September 28, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 618
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 下等人
- 下等人 (xiàděngrén)Translations
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