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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

proletarius

. See Proletary.]

Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar.

“Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost.”

De Quincey.

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Noun.

A proletary.

Adj.

[L. proletarius, from proles, offspring.]vile; vulgar. [Not used.]