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Definition of: proletarian
(prō′lə·târ′ē·ən) adjective
1. Formerly, of or pertaining to the lower classes of society.
2. Of or pertaining to proletarians or the proletariat.
—noun
1. Formerly, a person of the lowest or poorest class.
2. A laborer; a wageworker. [<L proletarius <proles offspring; so called because, being propertyless, they served the state only by having children]
—pro′le·tar′i·an·ism noun
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