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proletaries

proletaries is the plural of proletary.

Meaning of proletary

Noun

proletary (plural proletaries)

  1. A proletarian.
    • Of fifteen thousand proletaries slain in a battle, scarce fifteen are recorded in history, or one alone, the general perhaps, and after a while his and their names are likewise blotted out, the whole battle itself is forgotten., New York Review of Books, 2001, p.60

Questions about proletaries

What is proletaries the plural of?
Proletaries is the plural of proletary.

Words near proletaries in the dictionary

  1. proletariat
  2. proletariate
  3. proletariates
  4. proletariatism
  5. proletariats
  6. proletaries
  7. proletarism
  8. proletarization
  9. proletarizations
  10. proletarize
  11. proletarized

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