Definitions for: Proletarian

[n] a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
[adj] belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
[adj] the lowest class of citizens of ancient Rome who had no property

Webster (1913) Definition: Prol`e*ta"ri*an, a. [L. proletarius. See
Proletary.]
Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the
commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. ``Every citizen, if he
were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost.'' --De
Quincey. -- n. A proletary.

Synonyms: low-class, lower-class, prole, propertyless, worker

Antonyms: patrician, plebeian

See Also: common man, common person, commoner, labor, labour, lowborn, proletariat, working class

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