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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working people with least money |
| Synonyms: | commonalty, hoi polloi, lower orders, lower ranks, lowlife, masses, other half, plebeians, plebs, proletariat, rank and file, working class |
| Antonyms: | upper class |
| Main Entry: | proletariat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working class |
| Synonyms: | blue-collar workers, bourgeoisie, common people, commoners, hoi polloi, lower class, peasant, plebians, proletarian, rank and file, working stiff |
| Notes: | bourgeoisie is the middle class, while the proletariat is a lower working class |
| Main Entry: | rabble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mob |
| Synonyms: | commonality, commoners, crowd, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, hoi polloi, horde, lower class, mass, masses, multitude, pack, proletariat, rank and file, riffraff, ring, riot, scum, throng |
| Main Entry: | riffraff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rabble |
| Synonyms: | commonality, commoners, dregs of society, gang, gathering, hoi polloi, lower class, mob, one-percenters, outcast, rank and file, ring, scum, trash, undesirables, vermin |
| Main Entry: | common people |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people in general |
| Synonyms: | folk, folks, hillbilly, hoi polloi, lower class, masses, proletariat, working class |
| Main Entry: | blue-collar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of manual workers |
| Synonyms: | factory-working, lower-class, middle-class, proletarian, proletariat, wage-earning, working class |
| Antonyms: | white-collar |
| Main Entry: | baseborn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowly |
| Synonyms: | base, common, contemptible, declassed, dishonorable, humble, ignoble, inferior, lower-class, mean, plebeian, unwashed, unworthy |
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