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lower class
1[loh-er]
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.
lower-class
2[loh-er-klas, -klahs]
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class.
lower-class values.
lower class
noun
the social stratum having the lowest position in the social hierarchy Compare middle class upper class working class
adjective
of or relating to the lower class
inferior or vulgar
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lower class1
Origin of lower class2
Example Sentences
And when you pair it with the notion that poverty is a sin, it's also used as a justification to plunder the lower classes, when even groups of people are seen as natural resources.
"For the first time it was the Kenyan people - the working class and the middle class and the lower class - against the ruling class," says Mwangi.
Under Shell's control, it became a successful weekly guide to women who found themselves in charge of both a household and a budget to outsource the daily drudgery to the lower classes.
Doctors’ orders could be more harmful than beneficial, and hospitals were only for the lower classes, while the wealthy received medical care at home.
Xocolatl “was mostly an upper-class extravagance, although the lower classes enjoyed it occasionally at weddings or other celebrations,” according to History.
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