word
Proletariat
proh-luh-TAIR-ee-ut
/ˌproʊlɪˈtɛəriət/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
proletariat
Dictionary meaning
Workers or working-class people; historically, the class of wage earners in a capitalist society.
History and origin
Latin
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