bloc
noun
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Pronunciation: /blɒk/ / /blɑk/
name
Etymology: Diminutive of Bloc Québécois.
- Bloc Québécois
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French bloc (“group, block”), ultimately of Old Dutch origin, from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”). Doublet of block.
- A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
“But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without bachelor’s degrees — 72 percent of the population age 25 or older — has turned the 7th District into Republican turf.”
“How that impacts Asia’s most stable democracy will become clearer only in the weeks ahead. Sunday’s vote was a mid-term election for the less powerful, upper house of the legislature. And the Sanseito party, while surging, is still only the fourth-largest bloc in that chamber.”
- A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.
“military bloc”
“trading bloc”