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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1766; as an adjective, "characteristic of the middle class" (depreciative) it dates from 1893.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ However, a middle class is growing. ▪ Now is when the downsized middle class is looking for protections that unions once provided. ▪ What matters is the expectations of the middle class .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class . The ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Middle \Mid"dle\ (m[i^]d"d'l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]27 See Mid , a.] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the social class between the lower and upper classes [syn: bourgeoisie ]