All 4 Uses of

inferior
in
Gone with the Wind

This knowledge did not make Gerald feel inferior to his neighbors.†
Chpt 1.3

inferior = (adjective) of low quality, or of lower quality or rank than something else OR (more rarely as a noun) a person of lower rank or status

Nothing could ever make Gerald feel that he was inferior in any way to anyone.†
Chpt 1.3

Time and again, Ellen had said: "Be firm but be gentle with inferiors, especially darkies."†
Chpt 3.25

inferiors = People who are of lower rank or status

If any slick contractor chose to say that the lumber was of an inferior grade and not worth the price asked, Hugh felt that all a gentleman could do was to apologize and take a lower price.†
Chpt 4.41 *

inferior = (adjective) of low quality, or of lower quality or rank than something else OR (more rarely as a noun) a person of lower rank or status

Definitions:

(1) (inferior)
of low quality, or of lower quality or rank than something else -- sometimes used as a noun to refer to a person of lower rank or status
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

Less commonly, specialized senses include:
- anatomy and botany -- a lower position on a body or plant (or pointed downward)
- typography -- a character that drops beneath a printing line (such as with subscript)
- astronomy -- having an orbit relative to the sun that is lower than earth's (making Mercury and Venus inferior planets)