Proletarian
[,prəʊlɪ'teərɪən] or [,prolə'tɛrɪən]
Definition
(noun.) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); 'workers of the world--unite!'.
(adj.) belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar.
(n.) A proletary.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Rare.] Mean, vulgar, vile, plebeian.
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Definition
adj. belonging to the poorest labouring class: having little or no property: plebeian: vulgar.—n. a member of the poorest class—also Proletaire′ Prō′letary.—adj. Proletā′neous having numerous offspring.—ns. Proletā′rianism the condition of the poorest classes; Proletā′riat -e the lowest class.
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Examples
- This will show thee how to unite with thy proletarian brothers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You may not like his purpose, but unless you can gather proletarian power into some better vision, you have no grounds for resenting Haywood. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What Roosevelt did at the middle-class level, the socialists have done at the proletarian. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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