HyperDic: proletariat

English > 1 sense of the word proletariat:
NOUNgroupproletariat, labor, labour, working classa social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
proletariat > pronunciation
Soundsprow.lahteh'riyaht
Rhymesabbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht...
English > proletariat: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
Synonymslabor, labour, working class
Membersproletarian, prole, workerA member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
Narrowerlabor force, labor poolThe source of trained people from which workers can be hired
lumpenproletariat(Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement
organized laboremployees who are represented by a labor union
Broaderclass, stratum, social class, socio-economic classPeople having the same social, economic, or educational status
Spanishclase obrera, clase trabajadora, proletariado, trabajadores
Catalanclasse obrera, classe treballadora, proletariat, treballadors
Adjectivesproletarianbelonging to or characteristic of the proletariat

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