Related Searches
on Ask.com
Definition of proletariat - 5 dictionary results
pro⋅le⋅tar⋅i⋅at
[proh-li-tair-ee-uh
t] 
–noun
| 1. | the class of wage earners, esp. those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class. |
| 2. | (in Marxist theory) the class of workers, esp. industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive. |
| 3. | the lowest or poorest class of people, possessing no property, esp. in ancient Rome. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To proletariat
| pro·le·tar·i·at (prō'lĭ-târ'ē-ĭt) n.
[French prolétariat, from Latin prōlētārius, belonging to the lowest class of Roman citizens; see proletarian.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Proletariat
Prol`e*ta"ri*at\, n. [F.] The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
proletariat [(proh-luh-tair-ee-uht)]
In Marxism, the industrial working class, people without property.
proletariat [(proh-luh-tair-ee-uht)]
A term often applied to industrial workers, particularly by followers of Karl Marx.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
