/ ˌprəʊləˈteəriən; NAmE ˌproʊləˈter-/ adjective
connected with ordinary people who earn money by working, especially those who do not own any property
—compare bourgeois
► pro·le·tar·ian noun
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: from Latin proletarius (from proles offspring), denoting a person having no wealth in property, who only served the state by producing offspring, + -an .