Bloke

Etymology
First known usage 1851. Origins. Hypotheses include:
 * from Celtic ploc (large, stubborn person)
 * from Roma or Hindi loke (a man)

Noun

 * 1)  A man (usually in the sense: the typical ‘man on the street’, an ordinary, down-to-earth man, often stressing manhood in a very physical sense); compare sheila (the nearest female equivalent, in Australian slang)
 * 2)  An anglophone man.

Derived terms

 * blokey

Thesaurus
Adamite, bastard, being, bird, body, boy, buck, bugger, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, feller, fellow, gee, gent, gentleman, groundling, guy, hand, he, head, homo, human, human being, individual, jasper, joker, lad, life, living soul, man, mortal, nose, one, party, person, personage, personality, single, somebody, someone, soul, stud, tellurian, terran, worldling