Definitions

working class

NOUN

laborers

Synonyms

WEAK

blue-collar workers common laborers factory laborers grassroots laboring class plebeians proles proletariat rank and file the other half unskilled laborers wage earners wage slaves workers workfolk working people working stiffs workpeople

Example Sentences

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"My children come on a scholarship because we couldn't afford the fees - we're a working class family."

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

When there aren’t marriageable or even dateable men around, fewer women marry and have children, a dynamic that has been particularly pronounced in America’s working class.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2026

Pate said recent Democratic wins in regional and local elections had given her "hope that the little people -- the working class — maybe are being heard."

From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026

Approximately 46% of the U.S. working class are women.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026

For a 20-year-old, white child of the working class, Those horizons were far closer than I like to admit.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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