(~es)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
The ~ or ~es are the people in a society who are not working class or upper class. Business people, managers, doctors, lawyers, and teachers are usually regarded as ~.
...the expansion of the ~ in the late 19th century...
The President may have secured some support from the ~es.
N-COUNT-COLL: usu the N
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Middle class is also an adjective.
He is rapidly losing the support of blue-collar voters and of middle-class conservatives...
ADJ