PROLETARIAT


Meaning of PROLETARIAT in English

n. (also proletariate) 1 a Econ. wage-earners collectively, esp. those without capital and dependent on selling their labour. b esp. derog. the lowest class of the community, esp. when considered as uncultured. 2 Rom.Hist. the lowest class of citizens.

[ F prolétariat (as PROLETARIAN) ]

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