middling sort
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The middle class, especially in 18th-century Britain.
Example Sentences
- "On the contrary: ever since the decline of the music halls, theatre had been the purview of the middling sort—even when the subject matter was ostensibly proletarian."
- "The upper ranks thought the middling sort were greedy, obsessed with making money, virtuous enough, but lacking taste, elegance and culture."
- "The rise of a middling sort of people is regarded as one of the most significant historical developments in early modern Britain, and an extensive historiography has been devoted to defining this social group."
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
middling class