Definitions

lower class

[loh-er] / ˈloʊ ər /

NOUN

working people with least money

Synonyms

STRONGEST

proletariat working class

WEAK

commonalty great unwashed hoi polloi lower orders lower ranks lowlife masses other half plebeians plebs rank and file

Antonyms

WEAK

upper class

ADJECTIVE

working-class

Synonyms

STRONG

blue-collar factory-working plebeian proletarian wage-earning working-class

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Lower-class Kenyahs and slaves, taken as war-captives from other tribes, may eat deer and horned cattle, but they must take the flesh some little distance from the house when they cook it.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

Gangs of Male and Female Promenaders jostle and hustle to their hearts' content, or perform the war-song and dance of the Lower-class 'ARRY, which consists in chanting "Oi tiddly-oi-toi; hoi-toi-oi!" to a double shuffle.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891 by Various

lower class

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