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bloke.

A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bləʊk/Received-Pronunciation/bloʊk/General-American
  1. A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · informal
  2. An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.

    Australia · Commonwealth · New-Zealand · especially
  3. A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · especially · informal
  4. (A lower deck term for) the captain or executive officer of a warship, especially one regarded as tough on discipline and punishment.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · slang
  5. An anglophone (English-speaking) man.

    Quebec · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Origin unknown; the following borrowings have been hypothesized: * From a modern Celtic language, such as Irish bloc (“block”) or Scottish Gaelic ploc (“large, stubborn person”, literally “block of wood”), themselves borrowings from English block * From Hindustani لوک (lok) / लोक (lok, “people, folk”) or Shelta loke (“man”).

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