proletarian

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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).

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proletarian (comparative more proletarian, superlative most proletarian)

  1. Of or relating to the proletariat.

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proletarian (plural proletarians)

  1. A member of the proletariat.
    • 1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan[1], Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47:
      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).

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