proletariat
proletariat
(古 亦作 proletariate)
noun
(古 亦作 proletariate)
noun
- [treated as sing. or pl.]workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism)
工人；工人阶级［总称］（常用于马克思主义）
the growth of the industrial proletariat.
产业工人的增长。
■the lowest class of citizens in ancient Rome
（古罗马公民中的）最下层阶级
- mid 19th cent.: from French prolétariat, from Latin proletarius (see proletarian)
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