Meaning Of The Word Working class

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Working class Meaning

Working class Definition
Working class Definition

What's The Definition Of Working class?

working class
The working class or the working classes are the group of people in a society who do not own much property, who have low social status, and who do jobs which involve using physical skills rather than intellectual skills.

working class in American English
workers as a class; esp., industrial or manual workers as a class; proletariat
noun: those persons working for wages, esp. in manual labor

working class in British English
noun: the social stratum, usually of low status, that consists of those who earn wages, esp as manual workers

working-class in British English
adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of the working class

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