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PROPERTYLESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does propertyless mean?
• PROPERTYLESS (adjective)
The adjective PROPERTYLESS has 1 sense:
1. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
Familiarity information: PROPERTYLESS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
Synonyms:
blue-collar; propertyless; wage-earning; working-class
Context example:
party of the propertyless proletariat
Similar:
low-class; lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)
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