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proletarian

[ proh-li-tair-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
  2. (in ancient Rome) belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people.


noun

  1. a member of the proletariat.

proletarian

/ ˈprəʊlɪtərɪ; -trɪ; ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛərɪən /

adjective

  1. of, relating, or belonging to the proletariat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a member of the proletariat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌproleˈtarianism, noun
  • ˌproleˈtarianness, noun
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Other Words From

  • prole·tari·an·ly adverb
  • prole·tari·an·ness noun
  • half-pro·le·tari·an adjective
  • nonpro·le·tari·an adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proletarian1

First recorded in 1650–60; proletary, -an
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proletarian1

C17: from Latin prōlētārius one whose only contribution to the state was his offspring, from prōlēs offspring
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Example Sentences

This wouldn’t be the first time BMW took some good cues from the generally proletarian Suzuki.

Dos Passos interweaved the stories of his more proletarian subjects with biographies of some well-known Americans.

Am I going to get a "knock on the door" asking me to explain how Fidel's proletarian paradise knew so much about the Poll Tax?

Socialists are very anxious to disassociate these from the "Proletarian" Sunday-schools which teach atheism.

It should be obvious that a proletarian state would be tempted by this precedent.

I shall always think of him in his proletarian grey woollen underdrawers and undershirt.

Whether capitalist or proletarian, reformer or liberal, we have all along been behaving and thinking in soviet fashion.

Their support for a genuinely proletarian revolution can hardly be expected, on Loria's own theory.

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