working-class

working class

n.

The socioeconomic class consisting of people who work for wages, especially low wages, including unskilled and semiskilled laborers and their families.

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working-class (wûrkng-kls) adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	working-class - of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw propertyless, wage-earning, blue-collar low-class, lower-class - occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
	2.	working-class - working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor" wage-earning blue-collar - of or designating manual industrial work or workers

Translations

working-class [ˈwɜːkɪŋklɑːs] ADJ [person, family] → de clase obrera, de clase trabajadora; [neighbourhood] → obrero
a self-educated man from a working-class background → un autodidacta de familia de clase obrera or trabajadora
to be working-class → ser de clase obrera or trabajadora
see also working

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working-class [ˌwɜːkɪŋˈklɑːs] adj to be working-class → appartenere alla classe operaia
to come from a working-class background → venire da una famiglia di operai

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working-class [ˌwɜːkɪŋˈklɑːs] adj to be working-class → appartenere alla classe operaia
to come from a working-class background → venire da una famiglia di operai

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working-class → طبقة عاملة dělnická třída arbejderklasse- der Arbeiterklasse zugehörig της εργατικής τάξης de clase obrera työväenluokan ouvrier radničke klase classe operaia 労働者階級の 노동자 계급의 van arbeidersklasse arbeiderklasse- klasa robotnicza classe operária относящийся к рабочему классу arbetarklass- ชนชั้นผู้รับจ้าง işçi sınıfı giai cấp công nhân 工人阶级的