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Definition of working class in English


working class

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noun

[treated as singular or plural]
  • the social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work:the housing needs of the working classes

adjective

  • relating to or characteristic of the working class:a working-class community

working class in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of working class in the US English dictionary
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