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Definition of Proletary
1. n. A citizen of the lowest class, who served the state, not with property, but only by having children; hence, a common person.
Definition of Proletary
1. Noun. A proletarian. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proletary
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proletary
Literary usage of Proletary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"This admission of a proletary to a place in the systematic Tins ... is the only
really great anomaly imposed on the proletary preparatory government. ..."
2. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"... sm. proletary, person of the Prodiguer, va. to waste, squander < lowest order,
common person Production, sf. production, product, per- Prolifique, ..."
3. Socialistic, Communistic, Mutualistic, and Financial Fragments by William Batchelder Greene (1875)
"The word ' proletary ' denotes, in our ideas, something which is common to all
... For a working- man is a proletary who labors, and lives on his wages. ..."
4. History of the Working and Burgher Classes by Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac, Benjamin Edwards Green (1871)
"A woman of the town is a proletary, who will neither work, nor beg, nor steal,
and who prostitutes herself for a living. The absence of all acquired ..."
5. History of the Working and Burgher Classes by Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac, Benjamin Edwards Green (1871)
"A woman of the town is a proletary, who will neither work, nor beg, nor steal,
and who prostitutes herself for a living. The absence of all acquired ..."
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