people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

domain, world - people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"

age class - people in the same age range

agriculture - the class of people engaged in growing food

sodality, brotherhood, fraternity - people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"

estate of the realm, estate - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights

labour, proletariat, working class, labor - a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

lower class - the social class lowest in the social hierarchy

bourgeoisie, middle class - the social class between the lower and upper classes

booboisie - class consisting of all those who are considered boobs

commonality, commonalty, commons - class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank

peasantry - the class of peasants

demimonde - a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

underworld - the criminal class

yeomanry - class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land

caste - a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth

caste - (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity

class structure - the organization of classes within a society

upper class, upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy

ninja - a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations

firing line - the most advanced and responsible group in an activity; "the firing line is where the action is"

immigrant class - recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural backgrounds

center - politically moderate persons; centrists

old school - a class of people favoring traditional ideas

market - the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"

trade, craft - people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"

woman, womanhood - women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"