prole
noun
a member of the proletariat.
proles
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pluralof prole.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
At that time he is merely the chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission, and his antagonists are not yet sympathetic proles but out-of-touch gentry.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
But if hope lies with the proles, and that extraordinary example of the proles, is this woman singing a song about lost love and memory and yearning while hanging out diapers.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021
Peasants and proles could aspire to more than mere survival.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2016
The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention.
From "1984" by George Orwell
