proletariat
/ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/noun
High School
1
The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.
2
Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).
3
The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.
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Words that share the same ending sound pattern
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