[sing.+sing./pl.v.] (also the working classes [pl.]) 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):
the political party of the working class * The working class has / have rejected them in the elections.
compareMIDDLECLASS, UPPERCLASS
working-class adjective:
a working-class background / community / family
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