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Origin and Etymology of proprietarian
2proprietary + -an
Definition of proprietarian
:relating to or belonging to or characteristic of the propertied class
—opposed to proletarian
- sending proletarian winners of scholarships to proprietarian public schools … and absorbing them into the service of the capitalist class
- —G. B. Shaw
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Origin and Etymology of proprietarian
from proprietariat, after English proletariat : proletarian
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