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prole¹

  • /pɹəʊl/ UK
  • /pɹoʊl/ US

Rhymes with -əʊl

Where it comes from

From proletarian by shortening.

noun proles

  1. informal A member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
  2. informal A pleb (ordinary person).

prole²

  • /pɹəʊl/ UK
  • /pɹoʊl/ US

Rhymes with -əʊl

Where it comes from

From prowl obsolete pronunciation (/pɹoʊl/), from Middle English prollen.

verb proles · proling · proled

  1. intransitive, obsolete 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, […]

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@misc{prole_2026,
  title = {prole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prole},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}