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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROLETARY

n.A common person. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROLETARY

Prol "e *ta *ry, n.; pl. Proletaries. Etym: [ L. proletarius, fr. proles offspring. Cf. Prolétaire.] (Rom. Antiq.)

 

Defn: A citizen of the lowest class, who served the state, not with property, but only by having children; hence, a common person.