bloke

Meaning

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

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/bləʊk/

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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