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- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en language English.
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en hasEtymology "Believed to be a Scots variant of Jack. Because of its specific association with Scotland, the British English slang term is believed by most sources to be derived from the frequency of the use of the given name on Scotland, rather than from the \"common man\" etymology.".
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en hasMeaning "A nickname.".
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en hasPoS ProperNoun.
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en hasQuotation "1975 Robertson Davies: World of Wonders ISBN 0670817902 page 736:: - - - If you want a Scotch name why don't you call him Jock?\" Macgregor looked disgusted. \"Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian. If you want to call him Ian Fetch, I shall say no more.".
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en type Sense.
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en type LexicalSense.
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en label "Jock".
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en seeAlso jock.
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en seeAlso Jock.
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en seeAlso Jock.
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en seeAlso Jock.
- Jock-English-ProperNoun-1en seeAlso Jock.