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prole
[ prohl, proh-lee ]
noun
, Informal.
- a member of the proletariat.
- a person who performs routine tasks in a society.
adjective
prole
/ prəʊl /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prole1
First recorded in 1885–90; shortened form of proletariat
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Example Sentences
Et licet unicus eis fuisset, mallent prole caruisse, quam talem habuisse.
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They reported to a woman named Farilla, who ran a fortune-telling parlor in the Prole district.
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It's safer to kill a Citizen than bloody a Prole's nose; they have all sorts of laws to protect them.
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Or have we wrongly understood the letters s. p. to signify sine prole?
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Contemnenda non est accurata circa Nomina Diligentia ei qui volucrit prole intelligere sacras Literas.
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