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lower orders

lower orders noun: the lower classes in society.

Noun

lower orders

  1. (UK, dated, derogatory) The lower classes in society.
    • Although the extension to Crewe carried the line much nearer to the town, it was decided to retain this station, and a large enclosure there was roofed over to accommodate third class passengers (the M.B.R. was more generous than most railways in its treatment of what were then known as the "lower...1957 September, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 618

Questions about lower orders

What does lower orders mean?
Lower orders means the lower classes in society.
What part of speech is lower orders?
Lower orders is a noun.

Words near lower orders in the dictionary

  1. Lower Norton
  2. Lower Nubia
  3. lower one's guard
  4. lower one's sights
  5. lower order
  6. lower orders
  7. Lower Oxford
  8. Lower Paleozoic
  9. Lower Paleozoic Age
  10. Lower Palæozoic Age
  11. Lower Pappinbarra

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