laboristaro

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Esperanto

Etymology

From laboristo +‎ -aro.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: la‧bor‧ist‧a‧ro

Noun

laboristaro (uncountable, accusative laboristaron)

  1. working class
    • 1907, Bolesław Prus, La faraono, volume 1, page 162:
      Li rimarkis, ke la laboristaro estas indiferenta kaj malsaĝa, ke ĝi faras nur tion, kion oni ordonas al ĝi, kaj eĉ tion nevolonte.
      He noticed that the working class was indifferent and foolish, that it only did what it was ordered to do and even then involuntarily.
    • 1949, Henriette Roland Holst-Van der Schalk, Roza Luksemburg, page 73:
      Kaj ankaŭ nun la laboristaro pruvis esti preta, se necesas, per sia sango defendi la respublikon kontraŭ la atakoj de la kontraŭrespublika reakcio.
      And now the working class has proven itself ready, if necessary, to defend the Republic with its own blood against the Anti-Republican reaction.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto laboristaro. Equivalent to laboristo +‎ -ar-.

Pronunciation

Noun

laboristaro (uncountable)

  1. working class
    • 1918, Mondo, page 73:
      Li mentiis, ke la laboristaro ja oficiale ed internacione adoptis Espo.
      They lied that the working class already officially adopted Esperanto internationally.