Definition of Proletariat in visual dictionary and thesaurus from 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam in real and authentic context for GRE candidates
/ˌprəʊlɪˈteərɪət/ (noun)
Definition
working class in society, workers, wage-earners, laboring class, blue-collars, masses, plebeians – (in ancient Rome) the lowest class of citizens
Example
The working class (also called proletariats) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations include blue-collar jobs, and most pink-collar jobs. Members of the working class rely exclusively upon earnings from wage labour; thus, according to more inclusive definitions, the category can include almost all of the working population of industrialized economies, as well as those employed in the urban areas (cities, towns, villages) of non-industrialized economies or in the rural workforce.
Source of example: https://en.wikipedia.org/
Antonyms
gentry, elite
Parts of speech
Adjective: proletarian
