prore

From Latin prora (“prow”). Doublet of prow.

prore (plural prores)

2. (poetic, obsolete) The front part of a ship.

   Synonyms: bow, stem, forestem, prow

   Antonyms: stern, aft, poop

   • 1715, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book II”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

     These in twelve galleys with vermilion prores
     Beneath his conduct sought the Phrygian shores..

   • 1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 6.XIII:

     As the tall ship, whose lofty prore / Shall never stem the billows more […] !

• Perro, Roper, porer, repro, roper

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Slavic?”)

próre

1. (regional) constantly, continually

   Synonym: gjithnjë

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɔre
• Hyphenation: prò‧re

prore f

1. plural of prora

• porre