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1. (n.) proletariat
(esp. in Marxist theory) the class of workers, esp. industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive.
2. proletariat
(esp. in ancient Rome) the lowest or poorest class of citizens, possessing no property.
Etymology: (1850–55; < F prolétariat; < L proletarius belonging to the lowest class of citizens; see -ate3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) labor, labour, working class, proletariat
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
"there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) proletariat
the indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. proletariat
the name given to the lowest and poorest class in the State, and which still retains the original Roman meaning, as denoting, from proles, offspring, one who enriches the State not by his prosperity, but by his progeny.
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