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Proby may refer to:

  • Proby baronets, an extinct title in the Baronetage of England and an extant one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
  • Douglas Proby (1856–1931), British politician and soldier
  • Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort (1782–1868), British Royal Navy admiral and politician
  • Granville Proby, 4th Earl of Carysfort (1824–1872), British politician
  • Hugh Proby (1826–1852), founder of Kanyaka Station in South Australia; a son of the 3rd Earl of Carysfort
  • John Proby (disambiguation)
  • P.J. Proby ( (born James Marcus Smith, 1938), American singer, songwriter and actor
  • Sir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet (1911–2002), bursar of Eton
  • Thomas Proby, 1st Baronet (1632–1689), English politician and Member of Parliament
  • William Proby, Lord Proby (1779–1804), British Royal Navy captain and politician
  • William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort (1836–1909)
  • Proby Cautley (1802–1871), English engineer and palaeontologist best known for conceiving and supervising the construction of the Ganges canal in India

Usage examples of "proby".

The old bombast was probably up to his protruding ears, by now, in lawsuits on behalf of half of the probies in Tijuana.

Extraterrestrial Reserves, exiling the Probies from geographically controllable areas and then allowing E.

This was the only thought Sean could keep in his head while he helped two probies clean the firehouse kitchen.

Your incompetent Probies aren't in charge of guarding anybody anymore.

Your incompetent Probies aren’t in charge of guarding anybody anymore.

Even” —Gailet grimaced as she seemed to have to fight for the words— “even those Probies are superior, at least in most of the ways Institute regulations test for.

Even” -- Gailet grimaced as she seemed to have to fight for the words -- “even those Probies are superior, at least in most of the ways Institute regulations test for.

With luck the probies will be caught on their heels for a few minutes.

Tell Dedran he gets us under cover or the probies have us and we talk our heads off.

There're places there we can keep you where even the probies won't find a thing.

The old bombast was probably up to his protruding ears, by now, In lawsuits on behalf of half of the probies in Tijuana.

Actually, it's the inverse of what we're already doing with the Extraterrestrial Reserves, exiling the Probies from geographically controllable areas and then allowing E.

Actually, it’s the inverse of what we’re already doing with the Extraterrestrial Reserves, exiling the Probies from geographically controllable areas and then allowing E.

But the young Thirteeners were leavened after ten minutes by the arrival of Chuck Proby, who had a very worldly air, and then by Mrs Gall's favourites, Alex Graham and Kevin Boyle.