Definitions for john doedoʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

John′ Doe′doʊ(n.)

  1. an anonymous, average man.

  2. a fictitious name used in legal proceedings for a male party whose true name is not known.

    Category: Law

    Ref: Compare Jane Doe, Richard Roe.

  3. an unidentified man:

    The police were looking for a John Doe.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of John Doe:

1760–70

Princeton's WordNet

  1. John Doe, Joe Blow, Joe Bloggs, man in the street(noun)

    a hypothetical average man

  2. John Doe(noun)

    an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings

Wiktionary

  1. John Doe(Noun)

    A fictitious name used in the legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person.

  2. John Doe(Noun)

    Any unknown or anonymous male person.


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