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Prole

//pɹəʊl// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the proletariat; a proletarian. informal
  2. 2
    a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) wordnet
  3. 3
    A pleb (ordinary person). informal
Verb
  1. 1
    To prowl; to proll. intransitive, obsolete

    "[…] 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, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From proletariat (“working class”) by shortening.

Etymology 2

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

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