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proletarian adjective [ ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛːrɪən ]

• relating to the proletariat.
• "a proletarian ideology"
Similar: working-class, plebeian, cloth-cap, common, ordinary,

proletarian noun

• a member of the proletariat.
• "they are true proletarians"
Similar: working-class person, worker, working person, plebeian, commoner, ordinary person, man/woman/person in the street, Joe Bloggs, prole,
Origin: mid 17th century: from Latin proletarius (from proles ‘offspring’), denoting a person having no wealth in property, who only served the state by producing offspring, + -an.


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