proletariat

Noun
Synonyms: laborlabourworking class

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages“there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field”Synonyms: laborlabourworking class
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Proletariat \Prol`e*ta"ri*at\, n. [F.] The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians. [1913 Webster]
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