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proprietariat

proprietariat noun: people who own property.

Noun

proprietariat pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) People who own property.

Origin of proprietariat

Blend of propriety (“an owned object; a possession”) + proletariat.

Questions about proprietariat

What does proprietariat mean?
Proprietariat means people who own property.
What part of speech is proprietariat?
Proprietariat is a noun.

Words near proprietariat in the dictionary

  1. proprietarial
  2. proprietarially
  3. proprietarian
  4. proprietarianism
  5. proprietarians
  6. proprietariat
  7. proprietaries
  8. proprietarily
  9. proprietariness
  10. proprietarity
  11. proprietary

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