Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Progeny; offspring.

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  • noun Plural form of prole.

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Examples

  • The common complaint by liberals that their points are too nuanced to easily connect with the proles is ridiculous.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Telos Returns to ‘New Class’ Analysis and the Critique of the ‘Wholly-Administered Society” 2010

  • In which case, killing the infected proles is in self-defense and a necessary evil to get to Wesker and Excella.

    Savage Kingdom SVGL 2009

  • In the terms of our earlier classification, the proles are the Low: for the slave population of the equatorial lands who pass constantly from conqueror to conqueror, are not a permanent or necessary part of the structure.

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

  • Proletariat was the pejorative term to indicate those who own no productive property, their only "capital" is their labor to be hired out for hourly wages, and, of course, to produce "proles" -- future workers.

    Distributism Vs. Laissez-faire Capitalism 2008

  • In the terms of our earlier classification, the proles are the Low: for the slave population of the equatorial lands who pass constantly from conqueror to conqueror, are not a permanent or necessary part of the structure.

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

  • In the terms of our earlier classification, the proles are the Low: for the slave population of the equatorial lands who pass constantly from conqueror to conqueror, are not a permanent or necessary part of the structure.

    Nineteen Eighty-Four 1949

  • Our media like to keep story lines simple for the "proles" who they must entertain and inform; the Middle East is therefore portrayed as a place whose peacefulness was disturbed by the unwelcome introduction of European Jews into Palestine when Israel was foisted on the area by the British and Americans.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • So whilst the middle classes will inform on each other, be fined and pay the fines; the muggers, the burglars and the other "proles" will continue untroubled by the "authorities".

    Archive 2008-08-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Our media like to keep story lines simple for the "proles" who they must entertain and inform; the Middle East is therefore portrayed as a place whose peacefulness was disturbed by the unwelcome introduction of European Jews into Palestine when Israel was foisted on the area by the British and Americans.

    Lebanon Not a sheep 2008

  • This takes Mengele back to ancient Rome, where he describes the ascent of the "proles", mixing "highly educated Greek teachers" with "merchants from Syria" and "skilled soldiers from the German forests" and then demanding political change.

    In-Depth Exclusive: Diary of a Madman - Rare Mengele Memoir Unearthed by Auctioneer 2010

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