A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class
The groups in society composed of professionals, semi-professionals, and lower-to-middle managerial level workers
{i} intermediary social rank between the rich and the poor; population that has a socio-economic status between that of the working class and the upper class
The middle class or middle classes 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 middle class. the expansion of the middle class in the late 19th century The President may have secured some support from the middle classes. Middle class is also an adjective. He is rapidly losing the support of blue-collar voters and of middle-class conservatives. the social class that includes people who are educated and work in professional jobs, for example teachers or managers lower class, upper class upper class, working class working class