Definition of proletarians Proletarians

We found 3 definitions of proletarians from 2 different sources.

What does proletarians mean?

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Noun Plural: proletarians
proletarian - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
		prole, worker
		common man, common person, commoner a person who holds no title
		proletariat, working class, labour, labor productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
Adjective
proletarian - belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
		low-class, lower-class occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society

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proletarian (a.)
Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar.
proletarian (n.)
A proletary.

proletarian
prō-le-tā′ri-an, adj. belonging to the poorest labouring class: having little or no property: plebeian: vulgar.—n. a member of the poorest class—also Proletaire′, Prō′letary.—adj. Proletā′neous, having numerous offspring.—ns. Proletā′rianism, the condition of the poorest classes; Proletā′riat, -e, the lowest class. [L. proletarius (in ancient Rome), a citizen of the sixth and lowest class, who served the state not with his property, but with his children—proles, offspring.]