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• n  (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order

• Citing "the importance of education in maintaining our basic institutions," Justice William Brennan said that Texas seemed to be promoting "a subclass of illiterates within our .
• Fears abound that the millions of young people who have never managed to land a full-time job might become a subclass permanently doomed to part-time work and paltry wages.
• Red and purple fruits owe their colors to anthocyanins, a subclass of polyphenols, which are ubiquitous in nature.

News & Articles

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• Court Upholds Certification Of Meal And Rest Break Class Action Against Brinker - More than 100,000 California non ...
  SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On remand from the California Supreme Court, San Diego Superior Court Judge William S. Dato granted Plaintiffs' motion to certify the modified Meal Period Subclass ...
  Oct. 8, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Chris Evans in Business Spectator
  The department has made it clear that temporary skilled overseas workers should not be employed ahead of local workers as a cheaper option,the departmental spokesman said. "The subclass 457 visa scheme is a demand-driven program designed...
• William Brennan in Los Angeles Times
  It is difficult to understand precisely what [Texas] hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare and crime,...
• Raul Grijalva in Yuma Sun
  And Grijalva said guest workers "don't become a subclass that's exploited and paid less."