LUMPEN


Meaning of LUMPEN in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.