labor, labour, working class, proletariat
(noun) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; “there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
proletariat (plural proletariats)
The working class or lower class.
The wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers.
(history) In ancient Rome, the lowest class of citizens, who had no property; "regarded as contributing nothing to the state but offspring" (OED, 1992).
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Source: Wiktionary
Prol`e*ta"ri*at, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
