자본주의 사회에서 생산 수단을 소유하지 못하고 자신의 노동력을 팔아 생활하는 노동자 계급.
Workers or working-class people, regarded collectively, especially in a Marxist context where they do not own the means of production.
예문:
"The manifesto called for the proletariat to unite and overthrow the ruling bourgeoisie."
"Rapid industrialization in the 19th century led to the expansion of the urban proletariat."
"Marxist theory suggests that the proletariat will eventually control the means of production."
고대 로마에서 재산이 없어 세금을 내지 못하고 자녀를 낳는 것으로만 국가에 기여하던 최하층 시민 계급.
The lowest class of citizens in ancient Rome who owned little or no property and were valued only for their offspring.
예문:
"In the Roman census, the proletariat was recorded as having no assets other than their children."
"The Roman proletariat often relied on state-subsidized grain and public entertainment."