Prol`e*ta"ri*an (?), a. [L. proletarius. See Proletary.]
Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar.
"Every citizen, if he were not a
proletarian animal kept at the public cost."
De Quincey. --
n.
A proletary.
© Webster 1913.