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working class
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–noun
| 1. | those persons working for wages, esp. in manual labor. |
| 2. | the social or economic class composed of these workers. |
[Origin: 1805–15
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working-class, adjective
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Working class
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| working class
n. The socioeconomic class consisting of people who work for wages, especially low wages, including unskilled and semiskilled laborers and their families. work'ing-class' (wûr'kĭng-klās') adj. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| working class | |
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| a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" [syn: labor] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
working class
the section of society who work with their hands, doing manual labour
See also: -work, at work, work-basket, work-box, workable, workbook, worker, workforce, working-party, work-party, workman, workmanlike, workmanship, workmate, workout, workshop, get/set to work, go to work on, have one's work cut out, in working order, out of work, work, work of art, work off, work out, work up, work up to, work wonders, working day, work-day, working hours, working week, works
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.
[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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