Definition of "joe" in English

noun

1. (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.

   • I'm just an ordinary joe.

2. (UK, slang) A spy, especially a double agent.

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

noun

1. (chiefly US, informal) Coffee.

noun

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”).

   • 1836 Joanna Baillie The Phantom, Act 2. Provost, to a maidservant. I fear, my joe, the good that I can do him, Or ev'n the minister, if he were here, Would be but little.