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Definitions for proletarian
ˌproʊ lɪˈtɛər i ənpro·le·tar·i·an

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. proletarian, prole, workeradjective

    a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

    "workers of the world--unite!"

  2. proletarianadjective

    belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat

Wiktionary

  1. proletariannoun

    A member of the proletariat

  2. proletarianadjective

    Of or relating to the proletariat.

  3. Etymology: From proletarius, from proles

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Proletarianadjective

    Mean; wretched; vile; vulgar.

    Like speculators should foresee,
    From pharos of authority,
    Portended mischiefs farther than
    Low proletarian tything-men. Hudibras, p. i.

Wikipedia

  1. proletarian

    The proletariat (; from Latin proletarius 'producing offspring') is the social class of wage-earners, those members of a society whose only possession of significant economic value is their labour power (their capacity to work). A member of such a class is a proletarian. Marxist philosophy considers the proletariat to be exploited under capitalism, forced to accept meager wages in return for operating the means of production, which belong to the class of business owners, the bourgeoisie. Marx argued that this oppression gives the proletariat common economic and political interests that transcend national boundaries, impelling them to unite and take over power from the capitalist class, and eventually to create a communist society free from class distinctions.

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  1. proletarian

    A proletarian is a member of the working class, typically referring to industrial wage earners who do not own any significant wealth or property and who rely on their revenue from selling their labor to make a living. The term originated in Karl Marx's theories and is often associated with Marxism and Communism.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Proletarianadjective

    of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar

  2. Proletariannoun

    a proletary

  3. Etymology: [L. proletarius. See Proletary.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Proletarian

    prō-le-tā′ri-an, 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. [L. proletarius (in ancient Rome), a citizen of the sixth and lowest class, who served the state not with his property, but with his children—proles, offspring.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of proletarian in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of proletarian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of proletarian in a Sentence

  1. Gustave Flaubert:

    The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.

  2. Raymond Chandler:

    It is a mass language only in the same sense that its baseball slang is born of baseball players. That is, it is a language which is being molded by writers to do delicate things and yet be within the grasp of superficially educated people. It is not a natural growth, much as its proletarian writers would like to think so. But compared with it at its best, English has reached the Alexandrian stage of formalism and decay.

  3. Mao Zedong:

    There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.

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Translations for proletarian

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  • بروليتاريArabic
  • proletářskýCzech
  • Proletarierin, proletarisch, ProletarierGerman
  • προλεταριακός, προλετάριοςGreek
  • proletario, proletarios, proletarias, proletariaSpanish
  • prolétarien, prolo, prolétaireFrench
  • proletárHungarian
  • պրոլետարArmenian
  • proletarioItalian
  • プロレタリアJapanese
  • пролетерски, пролетерMacedonian
  • пролетарий, пролетарскийRussian

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