fourth class
Speech parts
1. fourth class - Noun
2. fourth class - Adjective
Meaning
A (former) class of mail in the United States and Canada.
(rail transport) A class of rail travel formerly found in some countries.
fourth-class (not comparable)
(US) A former class of mail consisting mostly of heavier printed matter.
Alternative names
fourth-class
Examples
It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
A fourth class contains galaxies with an irregular appearance.
Eureka was incorporated as a fourth-class city on April 7, 1954.
Entering freshmen, or fourth class cadets, are referred to as New Cadets, and enter the academy on Reception Day or R-day, Crackel (1991), p. 283. which marks the start of cadet basic training (CBT), known colloquially as Beast Barracks, or simply Beast.
Delivery is given priority over second-class ( newspapers and magazines ), third class (bulk advertisements), and fourth-class mail (books and media packages).