1. (

• labor ,
• labour ,
• working_class ,
• proletariat

) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" ;

1. (

• propertyless ,
• wage-earning ,
• working-class ,
• blue-collar

) of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw ;

2. (

• wage-earning ,
• working-class

) working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor" ;