adjective
occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑low-class
• Ant: ↑middle-class, ↑upper-class
• Similar to:
↑non-U, ↑proletarian, ↑propertyless, ↑wage-earning, ↑working-class, ↑blue-collar, ↑upper-lower-class
• See Also: ↑lowborn
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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjectiveEtymology: lower class
1. : of or relating to the lower class
2. : belonging to or associated with the lower class and its possession of or inclination toward such characteristics as a low material standard of living, social instability, little emphasis on convention and the proprieties, and a low level of personal ambition and of aspiration especially toward education — compare middle-class, upper-class
3. : being an inferior or low-ranking specimen of its kind : ranking low in some scale or by some standard
after a couple of summers of seasoning in lower-class minor circuits — L.E.Davis
an invitation to a lower-class embassy — Lillian Hellman
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/loh"euhr klas", -klahs"/, adj.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
[1890-95]
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lowˈer-class adjective
Relating to people of low social class
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Main Entry: ↑low
Useful english dictionary. 2012.