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semi-proletariat
semi-proletariat n. 
/ˌsɛmiˌproʊləˈtɛriət/ [translating Chinese bànwúchǎnjiējí (1926 Mao Zedong)] Communism the class of poor peasants and others intermediate between the proletariat and the petty bourgeoisie.
Brit. /ˌsɛmɪprəʊlᵻˈtɛːrɪət/
, /ˌsɛmɪprəʊlᵻˈtɛːrɪət/U.S. /ˌsɛˌmaɪˌproʊləˈtɛriət/
, /ˌsɛˌmaɪˌproʊləˈtɛriət//ˌsɛmiˌproʊləˈtɛriət/ΚΠ
1951 tr. M. Litvinoff in J. Degras Soviet Documents on Foreign Policy I. 136 This new apparatus of power should embody the dictatorship of the working class (and in some places also the rural semi-proletariat, i.e. the poor peasants).
1965 J. Ch'ên Mao & Chinese Revol. (1967) i. v. 110 The semi-proletariat, according to Mao, consisted of the overwhelming majority of the semi-tenant peasants, poor peasants, handicraftsmen, shop assistants and pedlars.
1975 J. De Bres tr. E. Mandel Late Capitalism xi. 362 Many of the producers in the export branch are recruited from the stratum of the semi-proletariat who engage in wage labour only to obtain a supplementary income to eke out their means of subsistence in agriculture.
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