Proletarian (Noun)
Meaning
A member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The city's slums were home to a large and impoverished proletarian population that struggled to make ends meet.
- In the 19th century, many socialists envisioned a future in which the proletarian class would rise up and overthrow their capitalist oppressors.
- Despite being a skilled laborer, John felt a strong sense of solidarity with the global proletarian movement.
- She saw her art as a way to give voice to the struggles of the urban proletarian experience.
- Historians often credit Karl Marx with coining the term proletarian to describe the growing class of wage laborers who owned little to no property.