单词 | proletariat |
释义 | proletariat/ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛːrɪət /(also archaic proletariate) noun [treated as singular or plural] 1Working-class people regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism): the growth of the industrial proletariat...
Synonyms the workers, working-class people, wage-earners, the labouring classes, the common people, the ordinary people, the lower classes, the masses, the commonalty, the rank and file, the third estate, the plebeians derogatory the hoi polloi, the plebs, the proles, the great unwashed, the mob, the rabble, the canaille 1.1The lowest class of citizens in ancient Rome.In a similar vein, Champlin argues that celebrations like the banquet of Tigellinus and the canal from Lake Avernus to the Tiber were intended to bring the upper-class delights of Baiae to the urban proletariate of Rome....
OriginMid 19th century: from French prolétariat, from Latin proletarius (see proletarian). Rhymes |
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