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joe

1 American  
[joh] / dʒoʊ /

noun

Informal.

  1. coffee.

    If you're looking for a pastry or breakfast sandwich to go with your morning cup of joe, we’ve got you covered!
Joe 2 American  
[joh] / dʒoʊ /

noun

  1. (sometimes lowercase) fellow; guy.

    the average Joe who works for a living.

  2. Informal. a personification of a typical, often unprepossessing representative of an occupation, personality trait, state of being, etc., that is expressed, sometimes metonymically, as a mock surname.

    Joe Lunchbucket working hard at some factory and paying his taxes year after year; political con artists relying on the gullibility of Joe Schmo.

  3. a male given name, form of Joseph.

Joe British  
/ dʒəʊ /

noun

  1. a man or fellow

  2. a GI; soldier

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Etymology

Origin of joe

First recorded in 1840–50; of uncertain origin

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