joe

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/d͡ʒəʊ/]

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1. joe (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A male; a guy; a fellow.

Example: I'm just an ordinary joe.

2. joe (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A spy, especially a double agent.

Example: Name me a joe in a bad country ... who doesn't fall for a pretty face if she's on his side against the world.

3. joe (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”).

Example: I have seen doubloons before now in my voyagings; your doubloons of old Spain, your doubloons of Peru, your doubloons of Chili, your doubloons of Bolivia, your doubloons of Popayan; with plenty of gold moidores and pistoles, and joes, and half joes, and quarter joes.

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