Meanings
nounproletaire (plural proletaires)
plural proletaires
- Synonym of proletarian.
"Dost hear?" said Ecce Homo to the proletaire, "listen, we are called to table."
1839, J. C. Blumenfeld, The New Ecce Homo, at Issue with King and Priest, Or The Self-redemption of Man: A Gospel of the Last Judgment, Hetherington, First Act of Accusation Against the King, page 20Synonyms: proletarian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of proletarian.
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Origin
- Latinprōlētārius
- Frenchprolétaire
- Englishproletaire
* From French prolétaire, from Latin prōlētārius.
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