Definition of Proletariat
Proletariat
pro·le·tar·i·at
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(noun)
the working class, or people who belong to this class, especially laborers in the industrial class who must work because they do not own the means of production;
e.g. The factory owners fear that the proletariat will revolt.
(noun)
the lowest economic or social class of citizens in a society;
e.g. They grew up in the proletariat and belonged to poor families.
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