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    proletarian
    /ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛːrɪən/

    adjective

    • 1. relating to the proletariat: "a proletarian ideology"

    noun

    • 1. a member of the proletariat: "they are true proletarians"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPROLETARIAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    PROLETARIAN definition: 1. a member of the proletariat 2. relating to a proletarian or to the proletariat (= the class of…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › proletarianProletarian Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Jun 21, 2023 · noun. pro· le· tar· i· an ˌprō-lə-ˈter-ē-ən. Synonyms of proletarian. : a member of the proletariat. proletarian adjective. Examples of proletarian in a Sentence.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ProletariatProletariat - Wikipedia

    Marx defined the proletariat as the social class having no significant ownership of the means of production (factories, machines, land, mines, buildings, vehicles) and whose only means of subsistence is to sell their labour power for a wage or salary.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPROLETARIAN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    adjective. us / ˌproʊ.ləˈter.i.ən / uk / ˌprəʊ.lɪˈteə.ri.ən / relating to a proletarian or to the proletariat (= the class of people who do unskilled work): He saw the revolution as part of the international proletarian revolution. The association could no longer meet the needs of the expanding proletarian movement. More examples.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPROLETARIAT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    the class of people who do unskilled jobs in industry and own little or no property: The power of the proletariat had become too formidable. Industrialism had created a proletariat in Russia. Compare. aristocracy. bourgeoisie. Fewer examples. In the economic field, capitalism is on the offensive against the proletariat.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › proletariatProletariat Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. pro· le· tar· i· at ˌprō-lə-ˈter-ē-ət. -ē-ˌat. Synonyms of proletariat. 1. : the laboring class. especially : the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live. 2. : the lowest social or economic class of a community. Synonyms. rabblement. ragtag and bobtail. riffraff. rout. scum.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPROLETARIAN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    (proʊlɪteəriən ) Word forms: plural proletarians. 1. adjective. Proletarian means relating to the proletariat. ...a proletarian revolution. Synonyms: working-class, common, cloth-cap [informal], plebeian More Synonyms of proletarian. 2. countable noun. A proletarian is a member of the proletariat.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › proletarianProletarian - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Working class, blue collar, plebeian and certainly not aristocratic — that's what the adjective proletarian means.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › proletarian_adjproletarian, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    proletarian is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prōlētārius, ‑an suffix. See etymology. Nearby entries. prolepsarian, n. 1694. prolepsis, n. c1450–. proleptic, adj. 1658–.

  11. www.dictionary.com › browse › proletarianPROLETARIAN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Proletarian definition: pertaining or belonging to the proletariat. . See examples of PROLETARIAN used in a sentence.