lower-class

[ loh-er-klas, -klahs ]

/ ˈloʊ ərˈklæs, -ˈklɑs /

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adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.

Origin of lower-class

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby lower-class

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Definition for lower-class (2 of 2)

lower class

[ loh-er ]

/ ˈloʊ ər /

noun

a class of people below the middle class, having the lowest social rank or standing due to low income, lack of skills or education, and the like.

(broadly) working class.

Origin of lower class

First recorded in 1765–75

Example sentences from the Web for lower-class

But, Farrell found that almost all the women she spoke to were from lower-class farming families.

China’s Last Foot-Binding Survivors |Nina Strochlic |July 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Behind her back they called Thatcher “Hilda”—her middle name—because of its lower-class origins.

Margaret Thatcher: The Accidental Feminist |Amanda Foreman |April 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In that relationship, the lower-class king of his dingy domain is enthroned atop a commode and uses a toilet brush as a scepter.

Amazing Cate |Stanley Crouch |December 18, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
He knew many of the older stories of the country, the Missions, the Indians, and the lower-class Mexicans.

A Little Girl in Old San Francisco |Amanda Minnie Douglas

The others, the foreigners and lower-class people, can get five and six families into this house, where we only get one.

The People of the Abyss |Jack London
Lower-class Mohammedans generally get gloriously drunk in towns on this day.

The Red Rugs of Tarsus |Helen Davenport Gibbons
In the insurrection against Spain it allied itself with its lower-class brethren simply because Spain forced it to do so.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines |Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee
It is only the lower-class women who sleep on the house-tops.

Rudyard Kipling |John Palmer

British Dictionary definitions for lower-class

lower class

noun

the social stratum having the lowest position in the social hierarchy Compare middle class, upper class, working class

adjective lower-class

of or relating to the lower class

inferior or vulgar

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noun

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lower-class

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noun

adjective lower-class