noun
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
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there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
• Syn: ↑labor, ↑labour, ↑proletariat
• Derivationally related forms: ↑proletarian (for: ↑proletariat)
• Hypernyms: ↑class, ↑stratum, ↑social class, ↑socio-economic class
• Hyponyms: ↑labor force, ↑labor pool, ↑lumpenproletariat, ↑organized labor
• Member Meronyms: ↑proletarian, ↑prole, ↑worker
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noun
the working class (also Brit the working classes)
: the class of people who earn money by doing usually physical work and who are not rich or powerful — compare ↑lower class, ↑middle class, ↑underclass, ↑upper class
working-class adj, always used before a noun
working-class virtues
a working-class family
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the ˌworking ˈclass [working class working classes] noun singular + singular or plural verb (also the ˌworking ˈclasses plural)
the social class whose members do not have much money or power and are usually employed to do ↑manual work (= physical work using their hands)
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the political party of the working class
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The working class has/have rejected them in the elections.
Derived Word: ↑working-class
Example Bank:
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If you were working class, going to university wasn't even an option.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.