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Definition of Bloke
1. Noun. A boy or man. "He's a good bloke"
Generic synonyms: Male, Male Person
Specialized synonyms: Dog
Definition of Bloke
1. Noun. (informal) A man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street. (defdate From 1851.) ¹
2. Noun. (context: now chiefly Quebec colloquial) An anglophone man. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bloke
1. a fellow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloke
Literary usage of Bloke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... bloke (thieves), a marine-store dealer who buys stolen goods. Swaggering
Bob (theatrical), an impudent buffoon. Tis the miserable art Of the vile ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"Bill's dead on for a lark with the CANTING bloke.' whispered a lean and
hungry-looking ' casual ' to a no less half- starved neighbour. ..."
3. Comrades of the Mist, and Other Rhymes of the Grand Fleet by Eugene Edward Wilson (1919)
"THE FLYING-bloke The Flying-bloke is up aloft, Sharp against the sky— Twisting,
turning, motor humming, Mid the clouds on high. Splendid youth is soaring ..."
4. More T leaves by Edward Francis Turner (1888)
"... bloke AT CRICKET. IN the year one thousand eight hundred and never mind what,
I, at the early age of fourteen, was captain of the second eleven of my ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... bloke (thieves), a marine-store dealer who buys stolen goods. Swaggering
Bob (theatrical), an impudent buffoon. Tis the miserable art Of the vile ..."
6. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"Bill's dead on for a lark with the CANTING bloke.' whispered a lean and
hungry-looking ' casual ' to a no less half- starved neighbour. ..."
7. Comrades of the Mist, and Other Rhymes of the Grand Fleet by Eugene Edward Wilson (1919)
"THE FLYING-bloke The Flying-bloke is up aloft, Sharp against the sky— Twisting,
turning, motor humming, Mid the clouds on high. Splendid youth is soaring ..."
8. More T leaves by Edward Francis Turner (1888)
"... bloke AT CRICKET. IN the year one thousand eight hundred and never mind what,
I, at the early age of fourteen, was captain of the second eleven of my ..."
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