working class

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noun

those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
the social or economic class composed of these workers.

Origin of working class

First recorded in 1805–15

OTHER WORDS FROM working class

work·ing-class, adjective

Words nearby working class

workhouse, working, working asset, working bee, working capital, working class, working day, working dog, working drawing, working families tax credit, working fluid

Words related to working class

proletariat, proles, workfolk, workpeople

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British Dictionary definitions for working class

working class

noun

Also called: proletariat the social stratum, usually of low status, that consists of those who earn wages, esp as manual workers Compare lower class, middle class, upper class

adjective working-class

of, relating to, or characteristic of the working class

Cultural definitions for working class

working class

In the United States, the population of blue-collar workers, particularly skilled and semiskilled laborers, who differ in values, but not necessarily in income, from the middle class. In Marxism, this term refers to propertyless factory workers.