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PROLETARIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
Example:
workers of the world--unite!
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("proletarian" is a kind of...):
common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proletarian"):
dogsbody (a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do)
Holonyms ("proletarian" is a member of...):
labor; labour; proletariat; working class (a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages)
Derivation:
proletarian (belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
Classified under:
Similar:
low-class; lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)
Derivation:
proletarian (a member of the working class (not necessarily employed))
proletariat (a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages)
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