What does prole mean?
Prole means (informal) A member of the proletariat; a proletarian..
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/pɹəʊl/ · noun
(informal) A member of the proletariat; a proletarian..
[…] 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, […]
But I will not ſuch Journies take, / To dig and prole in vain: / For was I to dig twenty Weeks, / Without might come again.
[…] and Joseph went proling about after dark with his gun—and took and shot him!
"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. […]”
Use prole when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prole means (informal) A member of the proletariat; a proletarian..
Common synonyms include proletarian, worker.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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, […]
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