proletarian
Americanadjective
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pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
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(in ancient Rome) belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people.
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- half-proletarian adjective
- nonproletarian adjective
- proletarianism noun
- proletarianly adverb
- proletarianness noun
Etymology
Origin of proletarian
Example Sentences
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This too may be characteristic of a Dame, although pairing that with her unstuffy humor and refreshingly proletarian quick wit engendered in us a familiarity.
From Salon
Red is one of those colors that’s both aspirational and proletarian at the same time.
From Seattle Times
Their devotion to Slowick meanwhile, hovers between that of a proletarian army in revolt against its oppressors and the legions of the undead commanded by figures of aristocratic despotism such as Dracula.
From Salon
The party declared him a “great proletarian revolutionary” and “long-tested Communist fighter.”
From Seattle Times
Both he and Mr. Fetterman, who touted his years as mayor of a hard-hit steel town outside Pittsburgh, adopted the hooded sweatshirt as a proletarian uniform.
From New York Times
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