proletariat

/หŒpษนoสŠlษชหˆtษ›ษ™ษนi.ษ™t/

IPA: /P R OW0 L AH0 T EH1 R IY0 AH0 T/

noun
  1. 1

    The working class or lower class.

  2. 2

    The wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers.

  3. 3

    (history) In ancient Rome, the lowest class of citizens, who had no property; "regarded as contributing nothing to the state but offspring" (OED, 1992).

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proletariat