Joe Definition

jō

noun

Webster's New World

Fellow; guy.

Webster's New World

Coffee.

Webster's New World

Joe is a man's name, a slang term for a guy, or a slang term for coffee.

An example of Joe is the famous football player, Joe Namath.

An example of joe is what you'd call a man who's name you didn't already know.

An example of joe is a cup of coffee at a diner.

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pronoun

A common nickname for Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.

Wiktionary

A diminutive of the female given name Joanna, Joanne or Josephine.

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(biblical) Abbreviation of Joel.

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Other Word Forms of Joe

Singular:

joe

Plural:

joes

A proposed etymology is as follows: Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) was appointed Secretary of the U.S. Navy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913. Among his numerous reforms of the Navy was the abolition of the officers' wine mess. From that time on, the strongest drink aboard navy ships was coffee and over the years, a cup of coffee became known as "a cup of Joe". However, further investigation by others at snopes.com showed that the name appeared before the general order by the Navy to ban the wine mess.

From Wiktionary
Short for (old black) joe military slang for coffee from the title of a song by Stephen Foster

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Diminutive form of Joseph and, less often, of Joel, Josiah and Josias

From Wiktionary
From the proper name Joe

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