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middle classes

middle classes is the plural of middle class.

Meaning of middle class

Noun

middle class (plural middle classes)

  1. A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class.
    • All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2013
    Synonyms:
    middling class, middling sort
  2. (in plural) The groups in society composed of professionals, semi-professionals, and lower to middle managerial level workers.

Questions about middle classes

What is middle classes the plural of?
Middle classes is the plural of middle class.

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