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Webster 1913 Edition

Proletary

Prol′e-ta-ry

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Proletaries

(#)

.

[ L.

proletarius

, fr.

proles

offspring. Cf.

.]

(Rom. Antiq.)

A citizen of the lowest class, who served the state, not with property, but only by having children; hence, a common person.

Webster 1828 Edition

Proletary

PRO'LETARY

,

Noun.

A common person. [Not used.]