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lower classes

lower classes is the plural of lower class.

Meaning of lower class

Noun

lower class (plural lower classes)

  1. A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.
    • The only language of the lower class is pidgin-English—quite incomprehensible to the newcomer from Great Britain, —but a large proportion of the inhabitants are highly educated men who excel as lawyers, clergymen, clerks and traders.1911, “Freetown”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

Questions about lower classes

What is lower classes the plural of?
Lower classes is the plural of lower class.

Words near lower classes in the dictionary

  1. lower chamber
  2. lower chambers
  3. Lower Chichester
  4. Lower Chinook
  5. lower class
  6. lower classes
  7. lower convex envelope
  8. lower convex envelopes
  9. lower court
  10. lower courts
  11. Lower Creek

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