prole

[ prohl, proh-lee ]

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nounInformal.

a member of the proletariat.
a person who performs routine tasks in a society.

adjective

proletarian (def. 1).

Origin of prole

First recorded in 1885–90; shortened form of proletariat

Words Nearby prole

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How to use prole in a sentence

Et licet unicus eis fuisset, mallent prole caruisse, quam talem habuisse.
Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
They reported to a woman named Farilla, who ran a fortune-telling parlor in the prole district.
Time Crime | H. Beam Piper
It's safer to kill a Citizen than bloody a prole's nose; they have all sorts of laws to protect them.
Time Crime | H. Beam Piper
Or have we wrongly understood the letters s. p. to signify sine prole?
Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 | Various
Contemnenda non est accurata circa Nomina Diligentia ei qui volucrit prole intelligere sacras Literas.
Six Discourses on the Miracles of our Saviour | Thomas Woolston

British Dictionary definitions for prole

prole

/ (prəʊl) /

noun, adjective

derogatory, slang, mainly British short for proletarian

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