proletariat
noun
[ ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛːrɪət ]
• working-class people regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism).
• "the growth of the industrial proletariat"
Similar:
the workers,
working-class people,
wage-earners,
the labouring classes,
the common people,
the ordinary people,
the lower classes,
the masses,
the commonalty,
the rank and file,
the third estate,
the plebeians,
the hoi polloi,
the plebs,
the proles,
the great unwashed,
the mob,
the rabble,
the canaille,
Origin:
mid 19th century: from French prolétariat, from Latin proletarius (see proletarian).
