proletariat[noun]Synonyms: working class, commoners, hoi polloi, labouring classes, lower classes, plebs, proles
(derogatory slang, chiefly Brit.), the common people, the masses
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pro‧le‧tar‧i‧at /ˌprəʊləˈteəriət, ˌprəʊlɪˈteəriət $ ˌproʊləˈter-/
noun[
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: prolétariat, from Latin proletarius; proletarian]
the proletariat [+ singular or plural verb] the class of workers who own no property and work for wages, especially in factories, building things etc – used in
socialist writings
—proletarian adjective—proletarian noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲