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proletariat

pro·le·ta·riat

UK/ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/ US/ˌpɹoʊ.lɪˈtɛɚ.i.ət/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

  • “there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field”
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Origin

Borrowed from French prolétariat, from prolétaire + -at, from Latin proletārius, from prōlēt- (“offspring”) + -ārius, from stem of prōlēs, from pro- + *olēs (“growth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). By surface analysis, Latin prōlēt- + -ary + -at.

Phrases

  • dictatorship of the proletariat

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