prole
[prohl, proh-lee]
noun Informal.
a member of the proletariat.
a person who performs routine tasks in a society.
adjective
Origin of prole
First recorded in 1885–90; shortened form of proletariat
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Heinrici 169; Muricipis proles cito discit prendere mures, id.
Sic, macte Proles Neptunia novisque honoribus hanc gentem nostram cumula, male coepisti, si hic sistas.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol IIEdward Luther Stevenson
The word proletariat, from proles, means first of all, having many children (Vielkinderei)!
Principles of Political Economy, Vol. IIWilliam Roscher
prole
noun, adjective
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