proletary

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English

Etymology

From Latin prōlētārius, from prōlēs.

Pronunciation

Noun

proletary (plural proletaries)

  1. A proletarian.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.60:
      Of fifteen thousand proletaries slain in a battle, scarce fifteen are recorded in history, or one alone, the general perhaps, and after a while his and their names are likewise blotted out, the whole battle itself is forgotten.

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