Meaning of working class | Babel Free
Definitions
The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.
Equivalents
Afrikaans
werkersklas
العربية
الطبقة العاملة
Bosanski
radništvo
Čeština
dělnická třída
Dansk
arbejderklasse
Deutsch
Arbeiterklasse
Esperanto
laboristaro
Suomi
työväenluokka
Français
classe ouvrière
Gaeilge
lucht oibre
Gàidhlig
clas-obrach
Hrvatski
radništvo
Magyar
munkásosztály
日本語
労働者階級
ქართული
მუშათა კლასი
Nederlands
arbeidersklasse
Română
clasa muncitoare
Русский
рабочий класс
Српски
radništvo
Svenska
arbetarklass
ไทย
ชนชั้นแรงงาน
Tagalog
uring manggagawa
Türkçe
işçi sınıfı
Examples
“And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.”
“It may seem that the Met was a snobbish outfit, a betrayer of the egalitarian dreams of Charles Pearson, but in being one of the pioneers of working men's fares the company had helped to bring about a revolution that would allow the working classes to live in London. Cheap trains would supersede Gladstone's well-meant Parliamentary Trains.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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