Lower class

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    the social class lowest in the social hierarchy wordnet

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