bloke

Betekenis (Engels)

1. An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
2. (informal) A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
3. (informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
4. (slang) (A lower deck term for) the captain or executive officer of a warship, especially one regarded as tough on discipline and punishment.
5. (colloquial) An anglophone (English-speaking) man.

Concepten

kerel

vent

man

👨

makker

🧉

heer

knul

gast

manmens

manspersoon

pik

gozer

jongen

👦

Synoniemen

guy

fellow

chap

dude

fella

lad

man

👨

feller

boy

👦

jack

cuss

blighter

gent

person

🧑‍🦱

pal

geezer

guttersnipe

hombre

homey

hoodlum

hooligan

knave

male

mate

🧉

norm

pard

plug

press

print

smart

sort

stamp

type

sport

ou

amigo

arrow name chap

brother

👨‍👦

bruce

buster

carl

chum

cobber

comrade

cove

crafty

description

dog

🐕

figure

form

formula

friend

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bləʊk/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).