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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries;
- Example: "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor"
[syn: wage-earning, working-class]

2. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers;
- Example: "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw
[syn: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class, blue-collar]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wage-earning
    adj 1: working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual)
           salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as
           well as industrial labor" [syn: wage-earning, working-
           class]
    2: of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial
       laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw
       [syn: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class, blue-
       collar]