Dictionary:
pro·le·tar·i·at (prō'lĭ-târ'ē-ĭt) ![]() |
- The class of industrial wage earners who, possessing neither capital nor production means, must earn their living by selling their labor.
- The poorest class of working people.
- The propertyless class of ancient Rome, constituting the lowest class of citizens.
[French prolétariat, from Latin prōlētārius, belonging to the lowest class of Roman citizens. See proletarian.]




