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second-class citizen
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second-class citizen
n.
A person considered inferior in status or rights in comparison with some others: "He believes women . . . are second-class citizens under the Constitution" (Edward M. Kennedy).
second-class citizen
n
(Sociology) a person whose rights and opportunities are treated as less important than those of other people in the same society
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second-class citizen n → cittadino di serie B
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