working class

/ˌwʌrkɪŋ ˌˈklæs/

/ˈwʌkɪŋ klɑs/

Other forms: working classes

Definitions of working class

1. noun

   a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
   synonyms: labor, labour, proletariat

   types:

   labor force, labor pool

   the source of trained people from which workers can be hired

   lumpenproletariat

   (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement

   organized labor

   employees who are represented by a labor union

   type of:

   class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum

   people having the same social, economic, or educational status