working class

Noun

Synonyms: labor labour working class proletariat

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages“there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field”Synonyms: labor labour working class proletariat

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Working \Work"ing\, a & n. from Work. [1913 Webster]

The word must cousin be to the working. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Working beam. See Beam, n. 10.

Working class, the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Working day. See under Day, n.

Working drawing, a drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general or detail drawings.

Working house, a house where work is performed; a workhouse.

Working point (Mach.), that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done. [1913 Webster]