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proletarian

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. proletarian (noun)
  2. proletarian dictatorship (noun)

pro·le·tar·i·an

noun \ˌprō-lə-ˈter-ē-ən\

Definition of PROLETARIAN

: a member of the proletariat
— proletarian adjective
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Origin of PROLETARIAN

Latin proletarius, from proles progeny, from pro- forth + -oles (akin to alere to nourish) — more at old
First Known Use: 1658

Other Sociology Terms

bourgeois, ethos, eugenics, exurb, incommunicado, intelligentsia, megalopolis, metrosexual, mores, subculture

Rhymes with PROLETARIAN

antiquarian, centenarian, Indo-Aryan, libertarian, millenarian, nonsectarian, postlapsarian, prelapsarian, Presbyterian, Rastafarian, Sabbatarian, Sagittarian, seminarian, trinitarian, vegetarian

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