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working class
1noun
those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
the social or economic class composed of these workers.
working-class
2[wur-king-klas]
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the working class, the class of wage earners or manual laborers.
He came from a working-class neighborhood in Nova Scotia, where his mother took in laundry and his father had a job in the coal mine.
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
of, relating to, or characteristic of the 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.
Other 51Թ Forms
- working-class adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of working class1
Origin of working class2
Example Sentences
Awash in corporate cash and milquetoast rhetoric, most Democratic incumbents sound inauthentic while posturing as champions of the working class.
After a week of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests around Southern California, many parents in the working class neighborhood east of USC pulled their kids from classes last week.
Other photographs and videos chart Ozzy's journey from "a working class kid from Aston" to becoming one of the world's most recognisable rock stars.
Where working class folks stage electoral upsets against the powers that be.
Other topics that cropped up included the "betrayal" of the working class over benefits reform, and the question of fairness.
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