单词 | prole |
释义 | prolen. colloquial. Frequently derogatory. = proletarian n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > working class > one of working manOE mechanical1600 mechanic1607 workman1704 proletarian1841 proletary1879 prole1887 slob1910 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > person of the lowest class ribalda1250 kitchen knave1440 scullion1483 scudler1488 canel raker?1518 channel raker1575 proletary1576 muckworm1649 proletariana1657 infimate1733 proletaire1796 coolie1803 gutterling1846 mudsill1858 prole1887 gutter-sparrow1890 gutter-bird1896 underworldling1928 delta1932 lumpenproletarian1936 proly1959 1887 G. B. Shaw Let. 21 Oct. (1965) I. 176 We call the working men proles because that is exactly what they are. 1931 Ecology 12 299 The Italians..are the offspring of proles and of slaves of various races—very largely the captives of war. 1958 Observer 11 May 15/2 Even the boatswain, a ‘good prole’ who doesn't believe in unions or democracy, is afraid to take the helm. 1975 I. Murdoch Word Child 10 ‘I'm fed up with hearing the proles binding about the price of meat,’ said Freddie. 2003 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 6 Apr. (Seven Days section) 16/6 (caption) Even those ‘toff officers’ who started as proles have mastered PR accents in order to reach the top of the army hierarchy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). proleadj. colloquial. Frequently derogatory. = proletarian adj. 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > working-class laborious1534 mechanicc1550 mechanical1584 aproned1628 working class1833 proletarian1848 lower working class1878 proletary1884 cloth-capped1935 prole1938 cloth cap1959 Coronation Street1962 proly1971 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [adjective] draffsacked1548 sordid1596 dunghilly1616 proletarious1654 proletaneous1656 proletical1659 raff1761 raffish1795 proletarian1848 riff-raffy1850 proletary1854 low-down1865 underworld1929 lumpenproletarian1936 prole1938 nitty-gritty1948 1938 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 20 Apr. in Coll. Ess. (1968) I. 314 As to the great proletarian novel, I really don't see how it's to come into existence. The stuff in Seven Shifts is written from a prole point of view, but of course as literature it's bourgeois literature. 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. 12 A woman down in the prole part of the house suddenly started kicking up a fuss. 1959 News Chron. 21 Oct. 3/1 She came from prole roots in St. Pancras. 1969 ‘H. Calvin’ Chosen Instrument x. 132 Superior journalists..would think it Victorian and prole to know shorthand. 1994 Arena Sept. 86/1 The British Invasion of the States mixed English prole attitudes, Continental pop modernism and contraband rhythm and blues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1887adj.1938 |
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