prole

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/pɹəʊl/
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/pɹəʊl/ · /pɹoʊl/

Definition of prole

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (informal)A member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
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noun

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

verb

  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, […]”
    “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. […]””

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Etymology

From proletariat (“working class”) by shortening.

Anagrams of prole

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