bourgeoisie cog common people common run common sort commonage commonality commonalty commoners commons creature flunky follower hoi polloi inferior junior laborers lightweight linendrapers lower classes lower middle class lower orders lumpen proletariat masses middle class middle orders ordinary people pawn peasantry plain folks plain people proletariat rank and file second fiddle secondary shopkeepers small tradesmen subaltern subordinate the lower cut the other half the third estate third stringer toilers toiling class underling understrapper upper middle class vulgus working class working people yes-man