Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/April 2

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reptatorial adj
  1. (zoology) Crawling, creeping.

proletariat n

  1. (often derogatory, also figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.
  2. (Marxism) Wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).
  3. (chiefly Ancient Rome, historical) The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.

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