'Proletarian' definitions:
Definition of 'proletarian'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Proletarian'
From: GCIDE
- Proletarian \Prol`e*ta"ri*an\, a. [L. proletarius. See Proletary.] Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. "Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost." --De Quincey. -- n. A proletary. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'proletarian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- average man,
- blue-collar worker,
- bourgeois,
- breadwinner,
- casual,
- casual laborer,
- Cockney,
- common laborer,
- common man,
- commoner,
- day laborer,
- employee,
- Everyman,
- factory worker,
- flunky,
- free lance,
- free-lancer,
- full-time worker,
- hand,
- industrial worker,
- jobber,
- jobholder,
- John Smith,
- laborer,
- laboring man,
- little fellow,
- little man,
- menial,
- middle-class,
- migrant,
- moiler,
- navvy,
- office temporary,
- pleb,
- plebeian,
- roturier,
- roustabout,
- salaried worker,
- self-employed person,
- servant,
- stiff,
- temporary,
- toiler,
- wage earner,
- wage slave,
- wageworker,
- worker,
- workgirl,
- workhand,
- working girl,
- working-class,
- workingman,
- workingwoman,
- workman