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middle class

 
 
noun [group]

Definition

a social group that consists of well-educated people, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers, who have good jobs and are neither very rich nor very poor
middle-class
 
 
/ˌmɪdlˈklɑːs/ adjective
belonging or relating to the middle class: a middle-class suburb
(Definition of middle class noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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