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    proletarian
    /ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛːrɪən/

    adjective

    • 1. relating to the proletariat: "a proletarian ideology"

    noun

    • 1. a member of the proletariat: "they are true proletarians"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPROLETARIAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Proletarian is a noun or adjective that refers to a member or something related to the proletariat, the class of people who do unskilled work. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation and usage of proletarian with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › proletarianProletarian Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Jun 21, 2023 · A proletarian is a member of the proletariat, the lowest social class in Marxist theory. Learn the etymology, history, and examples of the word proletarian from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ProletariatProletariat - Wikipedia

    Marx defined the proletariat as the social class having no significant ownership of the means of production (factories, machines, land, mines, buildings, vehicles) and whose only means of subsistence is to sell their labour power for a wage or salary.

  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › proletariatProletariat Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Proletariat is a noun that refers to the laboring class or the lowest social or economic class of a community. It comes from French prolétariat, from Latin proletarius, and was first used in 1847.

  7. www.britannica.com › topic › proletariatDefinition, History, & Industrial Revolution - Britannica

    proletariat, the lowest or one of the lowest economic and social classes in a society. In ancient Rome the proletariat consisted of the poor landless freemen. It included artisans and small tradesmen who had been gradually impoverished by the extension of slavery.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › proletarianProletarian - definition of proletarian by The Free Dictionary

    A proletarian is a member of the working class or a worker, or something belonging to them. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of the word proletarian in different languages and dictionaries.

  9. www.dictionary.com › browse › proletariatPROLETARIAT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    noun. Usually the proletariat. in Marxist theory, the class made up of workers, especially industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to those who do in order to survive: The call of the proletariat is to overthrow the capitalist mode of production and finally abolish the whole class structure.