'Proletariat' definitions:
Definition of 'proletariat'
(from WordNet)
noun
A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" [syn: labor, labour, working class, proletariat]
Definition of 'Proletariat'
From: GCIDE
- Proletariat \Prol`e*ta"ri*at\, n. [F.] The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'proletariat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bourgeoisie,
- common people,
- common run,
- common sort,
- commonage,
- commonality,
- commonalty,
- commoners,
- commons,
- laborers,
- linendrapers,
- lower classes,
- lower middle class,
- lower orders,
- lumpen proletariat,
- middle class,
- middle orders,
- ordinary people,
- peasantry,
- plain folks,
- plain people,
- rank and file,
- shopkeepers,
- small tradesmen,
- the lower cut,
- the other half,
- the third estate,
- toilers,
- toiling class,
- upper middle class,
- vulgus,
- working class,
- working people