lower class (noun)
1lower class — UK US adjective ► POLITICS, ECONOMICS belonging or relating to a social group who are poor and usually do not have a very high level of education: »He claims his flat tax proposal would help middle class and lower class Americans. »She described… …
2lower-class — UK US adjective ► POLITICS, ECONOMICS belonging or relating to a social group who are poor and usually do not have a very high level of education: »He claims his flat tax proposal would help middle class and lower class Americans. »She described… …
3lower class — noun people who have the lowest social status ─ compare MIDDLE CLASS, UPPER CLASS, WORKING CLASS …
4lower class — ► NOUN ▪ the working class …
5lower class — noun the social class lowest in the social hierarchy (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑underclass • Hypernyms: ↑class, ↑stratum, ↑social class, ↑socio economic class * * * noun, pl ⋯ classes [count] …
6ˌlower ˈclass — noun the lower class or the lower classes people who have the lowest social status • See: middle class, upper class, working class …
7lower class — noun (also lower classes) the working class. adjective relating to the lower class …
8lower class — noun A class of people in a society characterized by low income, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status. See Also: lower class …
9lower class — also lower classes noun (C) old fashioned the social class that has less money, power, or education than anyone else see also: working class lower class adjective …
10lower class — noun Date: 1637 a social class occupying a position below the middle class and having the lowest status in a society …
