Proletarius
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. One who had no property to be taxed, and paid a tax only on account of his children (proles); a person of mean or common extraction. The word has become, in French, prolétaire signifying one of the common people; and in English proletariat.