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lower class
1[ loh-er ]
noun
- a class of people below the middle class, having the lowest social rank or standing due to low income, lack of skills or education, and the like.
- (broadly) working class.
lower-class
2[ loh-er-klas, -klahs ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class:
lower-class values.
lower class
noun
- the social stratum having the lowest position in the social hierarchy Compare middle class upper class working class
adjective
- of or relating to the lower class
- inferior or vulgar
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lower class1
Origin of lower class2
Example Sentences
Doctors’ orders could be more harmful than beneficial, and hospitals were only for the lower classes, while the wealthy received medical care at home.
Xocolatl “was mostly an upper-class extravagance, although the lower classes enjoyed it occasionally at weddings or other celebrations,†according to History.
Lavin was the grandchild of Russian immigrants, and in later years she often played variations on the Jewish mother — lower class, middle class, upper class.
Naturally, people commemorated this miracle by imbibing copious amounts of wine, or for the lower classes, beer or cider.
"Before then, Americans were typically more likely to self-identify as members of the middle or upper-middle class and less likely to say they belonged to the working or lower class."
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