1. (adj) 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"
2. (adj) 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
3. (adj) 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"
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