I. ˈlu̇m-pən, ˈləm- adjective
Etymology: German Lumpenproletariat degraded section of the proletariat, from Lump contemptible person (from Lumpen rags) + Proletariat
Date: 1936
1. : of or relating to dispossessed and uprooted individuals cut off from the economic and social class with which they might normally be identified
lumpen proletariat
lumpen intellectuals
2. : plebeian 2
II. noun
( plural lumpen also lumpens )
Date: 1941
: a member of the crude and uneducated lowest class of society