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proller

proller noun: a prowler; a thief.

Noun

proller (plural prollers)

  1. (obsolete) A prowler; a thief.
    • There is argued in your sight
      A worth that works not men for benefit,
      Like prollers or impostors; of which crew,
      The gentle black earth feeds not up a few1614–1615, Homer, “The Eleventh Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published...

Forms of proller

pluralprollers

Origin of proller

From proll + -er.

Questions about proller

What does proller mean?
Proller means a prowler; a thief.
What part of speech is proller?
Proller is a noun.
What is the plural of proller?
The plural of proller is prollers.

Words near proller in the dictionary

  1. prolixity
  2. prolixly
  3. prolixness
  4. proll
  5. prolled
  6. proller
  7. prollers
  8. prolling
  9. prolls
  10. prolly
  11. prolobitid

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