Prōl'e-tā'ri-an, a.

a. [Lat. proletarius, from proles, offspring; Fr. prolétaire, It. & Sp. proletario.] Of, or pertaining to, the proletaries; belonging to the commonality; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. [Rare.] “Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost.” De Quincey.