proletarian

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Their devotion to Slowick meanwhile, hovers between that of a proletarian army in revolt against its oppressors and the legions of the undead commanded by figures of aristocratic despotism such as Dracula.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2022

The party declared him a “great proletarian revolutionary” and “long-tested Communist fighter.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022

Lamar, 34, is an astonishing technician, a keen observer of Black life, a proletarian superhero, an artist who reckons with moral weight in his work.

From New York Times • May 16, 2022

The social critic Mike Davis once called these “stealth houses” that hide their “luxurious qualities with proletarian or gangster facades.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022

Ana Diaz, a student who, like Miguel, wore the insignia of the raised fist, observed that only rich women suffer from such pains; proletarian women do not complain even when they give birth.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende