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单词 richard roe
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Richard Roen.

Brit. /ˌrɪtʃəd ˈrəʊ/, U.S. /ˌrɪtʃərd ˈroʊ/
Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Richard, Roe.
Etymology: < the male forename Richard (see Richard n.) + the surname Roe. Compare John Doe n.
1. A name given to: a hypothetical (male) person, or one whose real name is unknown or withheld. Cf. John Doe n. 1.
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the world > people > person > man > [noun] > ordinary or average man
Richard Roe1593
Tom Stiles1681
John Doe1756
the man in the street1831
the next man1848
Everyman1901
the man on the Clapham omnibus1903
slob1910
John Citizen1918
average Joe1940
Joe Blow1941
Joe Public1942
Joe Doakes1943
Joe Soap1943
Joe Bloggs1969
Joe Sixpack1972
everyguy1976
1593 J. Adames Order Keeping Court Leete & Court Baron sig. D1 After the Stile of the Court entered, you shall cause the Bayliffe to crie once Oyes, and then call the Jurors. Examp. John Doe, Richard Roe, John Den, Richard Fen, [etc.].
1750 W. Dodd New Bk. Dunciad 4 Thou too, assume whatever name you will, Or Abraham Johnson, Richard Roe, or * *.
1826 London Mag. Oct. 150 If a weeping John Doe, or a Richard Roe,..were introduced..the composition might defy the individual peculiarities of criticism.
1898 J. A. Riis Out of Mulberry St. 152 It has now on its books half a score Jane Does and twice as many Richard Roes, of whom nothing more will be known than that they were found.
1910 W. Mason Uncle Walt 123 When he dies..he'll make as cheap a grade of dust as any Richard Roe in town.
1949 G. Ryle Concept of Mind vi. vi. 192 When John Doe..copies or interprets something done by Richard Roe, any description of his action would have to embody an oblique mention of the thing done..by Richard Roe.
2001 L. Block Hope to Die 208 Why not John Doe or Richard Roe, or, hell, anything properly anonymous and uninformative? He was being cute, calling himself Arden Brill.
2. Law. An anonymous (male) party in a legal action. Cf. John Doe n. 2.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > defendant > in specific type of action > fictitious name for
Richard Roe1648
1648 R. Robins Whip for Marshalls Court sig. Dv Their writts run to Arrest John Doe, and Richard Roe in an action of Trespas.
1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 159 Returning upon the Writ the feigned names of John Doe and Richard Roe for the Sureties put in by the Complainants to make good their Complaints or Actions.
1701 R. Gardiner Enchiridion Clericale 393 If you have but one Defendant you may add John Doe or Richard Roe.
1799 C. T. Smith What is She? iii. 50 I'll have none of your John Does and Richard Roes... Law shall be a comment on history and poetry. As thus—‘Brutus versus Cæsar’.
1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate p. i Those metaphysical persons whom the law of the neighbouring country terms John Doe and Richard Roe.
1887 T. H. Ward Reign of Queen Victoria I. 286 John Doe had been forcibly and wrongly ejected by Richard Roe.
1918 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 9 295 The defendants were sued under the names of John Doe and Richard Roe.
1957 B. Evans & C. Evans Dict. Contemp. Amer. Usage 259/2 John Doe is a fictitious person in legal proceedings, usually the plaintiff. The corresponding fictitious defendant is Richard Roe.
1962 I. Jennings Party Politics III. ii. ii. 30 If the record said that John Doe was seised of Blackacre it did not necessarily imply that Richard Roe was seised of Whiteacre.
1991 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 58 6 A plaintiffs' attorney should be allowed to bring ‘Jane Doe’ or ‘Richard Roe’ complaints on behalf of a class or corporation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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