proletariat

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pro·le·tar·i·at / ˌprōliˈte(ə)rēət/ (also archaic pro·le·tar·i·ate) • n. [treated as sing. or pl.] workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism): the growth of the industrial proletariat. ∎  the lowest class of citizens in ancient Rome.

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