bloke

[ blohk ]

/ bloʊk /

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noun Chiefly British Informal.

man; fellow; guy.

RELATED WORDS

chap, skate, gent

Nearby words

Origin of bloke

First recorded in 1850–55; origin uncertain

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Examples from the Web for bloke

Can I 'ave the arternoon off to see a bloke abaht a job fer my missis?
Jokes For All Occasions|Anonymous
I wuz out wid a bloke, showin' him de sites uv de Reservation, an' he asks me wot I'd do if I had a million bones.
Bowery Life|Chuck Connors
A bloke goes by every little w'ile an' fergets to duck 'is napper.
Kitchener's Mob|James Norman Hall
You was so,” said Billy, “a-joring and a-joring and a-joring same as you never heard a bloke.
My Friend Smith|Talbot Baines Reed

I didn't tell all what happened in the stall to-day when that bloke were here.
Frank Merriwell's Races|Burt L. Standish

British Dictionary definitions for bloke

bloke

/ (bləʊk) /

noun

British and Australian an informal word for man

Word Origin for bloke

C19: from Shelta

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Word Origin and History for bloke

bloke

"fellow," 1851, London slang, of unknown origin, perhaps from Celtic ploc "large, stubborn person;" another suggestion is Romany (Gypsy) and Hindi loke "a man."