Proletariat

What do we mean by proletariat?

The class of industrial wage earners who, possessing neither capital nor production means, must earn their living by selling their labor. noun

The poorest class of working people. noun

The propertyless class of ancient Rome, constituting the lowest class of citizens. noun

Same as proletariate. noun

The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians. noun

The working class or lower class. noun

The wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers. noun

In ancient Rome, the lowest class of citizens, who had no property. noun

A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages noun

The working class or lower class.

The wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers.

(history) In ancient Rome, the lowest class of citizens, who had no property; "regarded as contributing nothing to the state but offspring" (OED, 1992).

Words that are spelled similarly to proletariat:
proletariat, proletarian, proletaria, proletariate, proletarians, proletariats, proletaries.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word proletariat:
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Words that rhyme with proletariat:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe proletariat:
industrial, urban, rural, revolutionary, russian, international, german, agricultural, lumpen, european, landless, modern, conscious, chinese, french, intellectual, victorious, american, black, english, internal, entire, socialist, british, agrarian, western, militant, external, african, indian, oppressed, italian, sub, polish, parisian, roman, exploited, vast, semi, permanent, propertyless, spanish, armed, female, impoverished, educated, soviet, academic, called, slum, unemployed, earning, hungarian, nascent, united, huge, ignorant, unskilled, advanced, genuine, collar, irish, classconscious, downtrodden, mexican, austrian, rootless, restless, heroic, discontented, communist, clerical, emergent, marxist, indigenous, ukrainian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective proletariat:
bourgeoisie, peasant, classes, structures, struggle, peasantry, elements, conflict, class.

Consonant match to proletariat:
proletariate.

Words that sound like proletariat:
proletariat, proletariate, proletariats, proletarian, proletarians, preliterate, poet laureate, pellitory, palatinate, belletrist.