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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
proletarian
 
SYLLABICATION:pro·le·tar·i·an
PRONUNCIATION:  prl-târ-n
ADJECTIVE: Of, relating to, or characteristic of the proletariat.
NOUN: A member of the proletariat; a worker.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin prltrius, belonging to the lowest class of Roman citizens (viewed as contributing to the state only through having children), from prls, offspring. See al-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:prole·tari·an·ism —NOUN
 
 
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