PROLETARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proletarian mean? 

• PROLETARIAN (noun)
  The noun PROLETARIAN has 1 sense:

1. a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

  Familiarity information: PROLETARIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• PROLETARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective PROLETARIAN has 1 sense:

1. belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat

  Familiarity information: PROLETARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROLETARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

prole; proletarian; worker

Context example:

workers of the world--unite!

Hypernyms ("proletarian" is a kind of...):

common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proletarian"):

dogsbody (a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do)

Holonyms ("proletarian" is a member of...):

labor; labour; proletariat; working class (a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages)

Derivation:

proletarian (belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat)

• PROLETARIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat

Similar:

low-class; lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)

Derivation:

proletarian (a member of the working class (not necessarily employed))

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