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Proletariat

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The name given to the lowest and poorest class in the State, and which still retains the original Roman meaning, as denoting, from proles , offspring, one who enriches the State not by his prosperity, but by his progeny.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Proletariat'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/proletariat.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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