propertyless | ||
1. | [ adjective ] (Roman antiquity) the lowest class of citizens of ancient Rome who had no property | |
Synonyms: | proletarian | |
Related terms: | plebeian patrician lower-class lowborn | |
2. | [ adjective ] of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers | |
Synonyms: | working-class blue-collar wage-earning | |
Examples: | "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw |
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Related terms: | lower-class | |
Similar spelling: |
properness property_line property_master property_tax property_man propriety preparedness propertied preferable property_right property_owner proprietress proper_name preparatory preparative property-owning |