lumpen

Meanings

Adjective

Of or relating to social outcasts.
Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.
Plebeian.
Lump-like.

Noun

A member of the lumpenproletariat.

Verb

To make or become like lumps; make or become lumpy

Origin

Shortened from German Lumpenproletariat, from Lump + Proletariat.
From lump + -en.
From lump + -en.

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