propertyless

Definitions of propertyless
  1. adjective
    of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
    “"party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw”
    synonyms: blue-collar, wage-earning, working-class
    low-class, lower-class
    occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
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