1. A member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
   "proletarians of the world unite!";
   - prole [informal], worker

1. Belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
   "The proletarian movement fought for workers' rights"

Derived forms: proletarians

See also: low-class, lower-class

Type of: common person, commoner

Part of: labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], proletariat, proletariate [archaic], working class

Encyclopedia: Proletarian