proletarian

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Glenn Fitzgerald, as the Brusteins’ upstairs neighbor, a gay playwright; Julian De Niro, as a Black proletarian who asks Gloria to marry him; and Grotelueschen are all blessed with meaty, well-handled supporting roles.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

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

Both he and Mr. Fetterman, who touted his years as mayor of a hard-hit steel town outside Pittsburgh, adopted the hooded sweatshirt as a proletarian uniform.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022

They identified with the agrarian and proletarian revolutions and mingled with European artists who fled to Mexico from both world wars.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 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