Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proletarian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proletarian \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proletarian
adj 1: the lowest class of citizens of ancient Rome who had no
property [syn: {propertyless}] [ant: {patrician}, {plebeian}]
2: belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
n : a member of the working class (not necessarily employed);
"workers of the world--unite!" [syn: {prole}, {worker}]
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