Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trousered class

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: trousered -class
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The social class of those who are educated and who perform skilled work for a living.

Example Sentences

"From 1947 to 1956 the so-called freedom was simply confined to the trousered class, the capitalist class, the class who could ride in big limousines."
"They are part of the 'trousered class', highly educated and westernized."
"He joined the "trousered" class, which included "journalists, doctors, teachers, lawyers, clerks, ministers, managers, police, soldiers, students, and artists.""
"In one half, merchants, professionals, speculators and country gentry, wigged, stocked, breeched and buckled, hold a million post-mortems on the day's dealings. In the other, the trousered classes - artisans, skillmen, journeymen - argue the toss over ale and pie. The boundary is fluid, but the lines are clearly drawn."

Inflected Forms

trousered classes (plural)

Questions

What does trousered class mean?: The social class of those who are educated and who perform skilled work for a living.

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