Proletarian

prō-le-tā′ri-an, adj. belonging to the poorest labouring cla : having little or no property: plebeian: vulgar.— n. a member of the poorest cla —also Proletaire′ , Prō′letary .— adj. Proletā′neo us , having numerous offspring.— ns. Proletā′rianism , the condition of the poorest cla es; Proletā′riat , -e , the lowest cla . [L. prole tar i us (in ancient Rome), a citizen of the sixth and lowest cla , who served the state not with his property, but with his children— proles , offspring.]