the class of workers receiving salaries, as distinguished from those receiving wages
Word origin
Fr < salaire, salary + prolétariat, proletariat
salariat in American English
(səˈlɛəriət)
noun
the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries
Word origin
[1915–20; ‹ F: b. L salāriumsalary (F salaire) and F prolétariatproletariat]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camouflage, conditioning, decoder, stockpile, supernationalism
Examples of 'salariat' in a sentence
salariat
They will emigrate or pay their accountant to avoid the taxes and only the salariat will be hit.