proletariër

Concepts

proletarian

blue-collar

worker

Synonyms

werker

Translations

prolétaire

Proletarier

proletário

proletario

proletari

travailleur

Arbeiterin

treballador

εργάτης

Proletarierin

προλετάριος

ouvrier

Arbeiter

Proletin

Proll

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌproː.ləˈtaː.ri.ər/

Etymology

Borrowed from German: Proletarier

In summary

Around 1848. Borrowed from German Proletarier. Ultimately from Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”)