Meanings
comparative more proletarian · superlative most proletarian
- Of or relating to the proletariat.
1 more example
While the May 30th Movement is usually perceived by historians as essentially a Communist-instigated urban proletarian movement, in the suburban countryside in Xihua county the antiforeign struggle attracted a sizable number of peasants. Surprisingly, the Xihua boycott in Youth Village (qingnian cun) was organized in the name of a peasant organization, the Central Plain Peasant Association (Zhongyuan nongmin xiehui).
1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of the proletariat.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebelonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
nouna member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinproletarius“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”
- Englishproletarian
From Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بْرُولِيتَارِيّ, بْرُولِيتَارِيّ
- بْرُولِيتَارِيّ (broletāriyy)relating to proletariat
- بْرُولِيتَارِيّ (broletāriyy)member of the proletariat
- بْرُولِيتَارِيَّة (broletāriyya)member of the proletariat
Bulgarian пролета́рски, пролета́рий
- пролета́рски (proletárski)relating to proletariat
- пролета́рий (proletárij)member of the proletariat
- пролета́рка (proletárka)member of the proletariat
Catalan proletari, proletari
- proletarirelating to proletariat
- proletarimember of the proletariat
- proletàriamember of the proletariat
Chinese Cantonese 無產者 /无产者
- 無產者 /无产者 (mou⁴ caan² ze²)member of the proletariat
Chinese Mandarin 無產階級的 /无产阶级的, 無產者 /无产者
- 無產階級的 /无产阶级的 (wúchǎnjiējí de)relating to proletariat
- 無產者 /无产者 (wúchǎnzhě)member of the proletariat
Czech proletářský, proletář
- proletářskýrelating to proletariat
- proletářmember of the proletariat
- proletářkamember of the proletariat
Danish proletar
- proletarmember of the proletariat
Dutch proletariër
- proletariërmember of the proletariat
Esperanto proletara, proletaro
- proletararelating to proletariat
- proletaromember of the proletariat
Estonian proletaarlane
- proletaarlanemember of the proletariat
Finnish proletaarinen, proletaari
- proletaarinenrelating to proletariat
- proletaarimember of the proletariat
French prolétaire, prolétarien
- prolétairerelating to proletariat
- prolétarienrelating to proletariat
- prolétairemember of the proletariat
- prolomember of the proletariat
German proletarisch, Proletarier
- proletarischrelating to proletariat
- Proletariermember of the proletariat
- Proletarierinmember of the proletariat
Greek προλεταριακός, προλετάριος
- προλεταριακός (proletariakós)relating to proletariat
- προλετάριος (proletários)member of the proletariat
Hebrew פְּרוֹלֶטַרְיוֹן
- פְּרוֹלֶטַרְיוֹן (proletáryon)member of the proletariat
Hungarian proletár, proletár
- proletárrelating to proletariat
- proletármember of the proletariat
Indonesian proletar
- proletarmember of the proletariat
Italian proletario, proletario
- proletariorelating to proletariat
- proletariomember of the proletariat
- proletariamember of the proletariat
Japanese プロレタリア
- プロレタリア (puroretaria)member of the proletariat
Korean 프롤레타리아
- 프롤레타리아 (peurolletaria)member of the proletariat
Latvian proletārietis
- proletārietismember of the proletariat
Lithuanian proletaras
- proletarasmember of the proletariat
Malay proletarian, proletariat
- proletarianmember of the proletariat
- proletariatmember of the proletariat
- murbamember of the proletariat
Norwegian Bokmål proletar
- proletarmember of the proletariat
Polish proletariacki, proletariusz
- proletariackirelating to proletariat
- proletariuszmember of the proletariat
- proletariuszkamember of the proletariat
Portuguese proletário, proletário
- proletáriorelating to proletariat
- proletáriomember of the proletariat
- proletáriamember of the proletariat
Romanian proletar, proletară
- proletarmember of the proletariat
- proletarămember of the proletariat
Russian пролета́рский, пролета́рий
- пролета́рский (proletárskij)relating to proletariat
- пролета́рий (proletárij)member of the proletariat
- пролета́рка (proletárka)member of the proletariat
Slovak proletársky, proletár
- proletárskyrelating to proletariat
- proletármember of the proletariat
- proletárkamember of the proletariat
Spanish proletario, proletario
- proletariorelating to proletariat
- proletariomember of the proletariat
- proletariamember of the proletariat
Swedish proletärisk, proletär
- proletäriskrelating to proletariat
- proletärrelating to proletariat
- proletärmember of the proletariat
Tamil பாட்டாளிகள்
- பாட்டாளிகள் (pāṭṭāḷikaḷ)member of the proletariat
Thai กรรมาชีพ
- กรรมาชีพ (gam-maa-chîip)member of the proletariat
Turkish proleter
- proletermember of the proletariat
Ukrainian пролета́рський, пролета́р
- пролета́рський (proletársʹkyj)relating to proletariat
- пролета́р (proletár)member of the proletariat
- пролета́рка (proletárka)member of the proletariat
Vietnamese vô sản, người vô sản
- vô sảnmember of the proletariat
- người vô sảnmember of the proletariat
Yiddish פּראָלעטאַריער
- פּראָלעטאַריער (proletaryer)member of the proletariat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with proletarian
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Cite this entry
proletarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proletarian
“proletarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proletarian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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