Prole
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɹəʊl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prole is a noun meaning (informal) A member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
Meaning
(informal) A member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
More Meanings
- (informal) A pleb (ordinary person).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To prowl; to proll.
Example Sentences
[…] and Joseph went proling about after dark with his gun—and took and shot him!
But I will not ſuch Journies take, / To dig and prole in vain: / For was I to dig twenty Weeks, / Without might come again.
"This summer, by reason of continual employment abroad in service, not having leisure to prole for hawks, I cannot make that present unto you as I desired. […]”
[…] for he ordained, […] and that boyes and children ſhould have ſo little allowed them to eat, that they ſhould be forced to prole, and ſteal for their better proviſion, to make them thereby the more induſtrious, nimble, and quick of ſpirit, […]
Word Forms
- proles
- proling
- proled
Synonyms for prole
Depending on context, synonyms include proletarian, worker.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include proletarian, worker, proletary, proletarianism, proletariate, proletariat.
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