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proletariat

Syllabification: (pro·le·tar·i·at)

Pronunciation: /ˌprōliˈte(ə)rēət/

(also archaicproletariate)

Translate proletariat | into Italian

Definition of proletariat

noun

[treated as singular or plural]

workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism):the growth of the industrial proletariat
the lowest class of citizens in ancient Rome.