Library / English Dictionary

PROLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

Example:

workers of the world--unite!

Synonyms:

prole; proletarian; worker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("prole" is a kind of...):

common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prole"):

dogsbody (a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do)

Holonyms ("prole" is a member of...):

labor; labour; proletariat; working class (a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages)

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