Meaning of PROLETARIAN
| Pronunciation: | | `prowli'tehreeun
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- [n] a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
- [adj] belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
- [adj] the lowest class of citizens of ancient Rome who had no property
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| | Synonyms: | | low-class, lower-class, prole, propertyless, worker |
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| | Antonyms: | | patrician, plebeian | | |
| | See Also: | | common man, common person, commoner, labor, labour, lowborn, proletariat, working class | |
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| | Definition: | | \Prol`e*ta"ri*an\, a. [L. proletarius. See
Proletary.]
Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the
commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. ``Every citizen, if he
were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost.'' --De
Quincey. -- n. A proletary.
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