prole
/pɹəʊl/US/pɹoʊl/
prole noun: a member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
Noun
prole (plural proles)
- A member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
- A pleb (ordinary person).
Verb
prole (third-person singular simple present proles, present participle proling, simple past and past participle proled)
- To prowl; to proll.
- […] 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, […]1652, Thomas Fitzherbert, chapter VIII, in A Treatise Concerning Policy and Religion, page 57
- But I will not ſuch Journies take, / To dig and prole in vain: / For was I to dig twenty Weeks, / Without might come again.1766, Thomas Sadler, “The Peddlar. A Tale.”, in Poems on various subjects. To which is added, The merry miller: or, The country-man's ramble to London, a farce, page 116
Forms of prole
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | proles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | proles |
| present participle | proling |
| past participle | proled |
| past | proled |
Origin of prole
From proletarian by shortening.
From prowl obsolete pronunciation (/pɹoʊl/), from Middle English prollen.
Words formed from prole
Words that rhyme with prole
47 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- parole
- toll
- dole
- goal
- patrol
- role
- swole
- bricole
- condole
- mole
- noel
- whole
- stroll
- bole
- knoll
- shoal
- carmagnole
- foal
- pistole
- Seoul
- stole
- thole
- Tyrol
- baklol
- cajole
- console
- decontrol
- dhole
- droll
- extol
- extrasystole
- gnoll
- hop pole
- indol
- kohl
- memorial pole
- micromole
- mol
- Nicole
- nole
- ole
- parasystole
- schizocoel
- schizocoele
- sowl
- square peg in a round hole
- vole
Questions about prole
- What does prole mean?
- Prole means a member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
- What part of speech is prole?
- Prole can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce prole?
- Prole is pronounced /pɹəʊl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of prole?
- The plural of prole is proles.
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