I. lu̇mpən, ˈləm- adjective
Etymology: German lumpen- (in lumpenproletariat degraded and contemptible section of the proletariat), from lump contemptible person & lumpen rag, from Middle High German lumpe rag
: of, relating to, or being an amorphous group of dispossessed and uprooted individuals set off by their inferior status from the economic and social class with which they are identified
exclusion of the rootless lumpen proletariat from a leading role in the revolutions — American Polit. Sci. Review
the new unemployed intelligentsia … will not become lumpen intellectuals — Daniel Bell
II. ˈlu̇mpən, ˈləm- noun
( plural lumpen or lumpens )
Etymology: lumpen , adjective
: a member of the crude and uneducated lowest class of society