proletariat

• proletariate

From French prolétariat, from Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”)

• (US) enPR: 'prōlĭʹtârēət, IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊlɪˈtɛəɹi.ət/

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proletariat (plural proletariats)

1. The working class or lower class.
   • 1906, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party‎, page 173:

     "Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie to day the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class."

2. The wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers.
3. (historical) In ancient Rome, the lowest class of citizens, who had no property; "regarded as contributing nothing to the state but offspring" (OED, 1992).

• precariat
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• reptatorial

• IPA^(key): /prɔ.lɛˈtarʲ.jat/

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