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lower class

  [loh-er]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. (broadly) working class.
Origin:
1765–75

low⋅er-class

  [loh-er-klas, -klahs]
–adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
Origin:
1890–95
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low·er class   (lō'ər)   
n.  The socioeconomic class or classes of lower than middle rank in a society.
low'er-class' (lō'ər-klās') adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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