proletariat
/ˌpɹoʊ.lɪˈtɛɚ.i.ət/ noun C1- The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.
- Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).
- The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.
Plural proletariats
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He could see that she was vastly impressed by this vague talk, so he endorsed his pose by random insinuations concerning great wealth, and mentioned familiarly a few names that are handled reverently by the proletariat.
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