proletarian

CEFRB2

/ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

01
noun
A working-class person who earns money through labor.
02
noun
Extra detail
A member of the proletariat.

Examples

America has its own Labor Day to discourage proletarian internationalism.
He belongs to a dying species. He may be the last proletarian in the world.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 3
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 1
Synonyms: 1

Also pronounced

/ˌpɹoʊ.lɪˈtɛɹi.ən/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

Of or relating to the proletariat.

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While the May 30th Movement is usually perceived by historians as essentially a Communist-instigated urban proletarian movement, in the suburban countryside in Xihua county the antiforeign struggle attracted a sizable number of peasants. Surprisingly, the Xihua boycott in Youth Village (qingnian cun) was organized in the name of a peasant organization, the Central Plain Peasant Association (Zhongyuan nongmin xiehui).
1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47

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Origin

noun

From Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”).