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prole
[
prohl
,
proh
-lee
]
Origin
prole
/
proʊl
,
ˈproʊ
li
/
Show Spelled
[
prohl
,
proh
-lee
]
Show IPA
noun
Informal
.
1.
a member of the proletariat.
2.
a person who performs routine tasks in a society.
adjective
3.
proletarian
(
def. 1
)
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Prole
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So is
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zedonk
. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Origin:
1885–90;
shortened form of
proletariat
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prole
(prəʊl)
—
n
, —
adj
derogatory
,
slang
chiefly
(
Brit
) short for
proletarian
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
prole
short for
proletarian
(n.), 1887; see proletarian.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
prole
proletarian
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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