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John Doe
John Doen.1. Used as a name in legal proceedings to designate an unknown man or boy or to protect the identity of a known man or boy.2. An average or ordinary man.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. Compare Jane Doe, Richard Roe. 3. an unidentified man: The police were looking for a John Doe. [1760–70] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. John Doe - a hypothetical average man Joe Bloggs, Joe Blow, man in the streetcommon man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title | | 2.John Doe - an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedingslaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"party - a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part" |
John Doe
John DoeA man whose identity is unknown or being protected, as in legal proceedings. The victim is a John Doe—the paramedics didn't find any identification on him. The case was brought by a John Doe, so we don't know the true identity of the man suing us.See also: doe, johnJohn Doe1. Also, John Q. Public; Joe Blow; Joe Doakes; Joe Zilch. An average undistinguished man; also, the average citizen. For example, This television show is just right for a John Doe, or It's up to John Q. Public to go to the polls and vote. Originally used from the 13th century on legal documents as an alias to protect a witness, John Doe acquired the sense of "ordinary person" in the 1800s. The variants date from the 1900s. Also see Joe six-pack. 2. Also, Jane Doe. An unknown individual, as in The police found a John Doe lying on the street last night, or The judge issued a warrant for the arrest of the perpetrators, Jane Doe no. 1 and Jane Doe no. 2 . [Second half of 1900s] See also: doe, johnJohn Doe and Jane Doe (ˈdʒɑn ˈdo) n. a name used for a person whose real name is unknown. The tag on the corpse said Jane Doe, since no one had identified her. John Doe was the name at the bottom of the check. See also: doe, johnJohn DoeThe average person. This appellation actually dates from the thirteenth century, when it was used in legal documents to disguise the identity of witnesses; the tenant plaintiff was called John Doe and the landlord defendant Richard Roe. In the nineteenth century the name acquired the present meaning of ordinary person. A book, The O’Hara Family (1825), included “Tales, Containing . . . John Doe,” and almost a century later a movie starring Gary Cooper was entitled Meet John Doe (1941). Similar appellations include Joe Blow, first recorded in 1867; Joe Doakes, from the 1920s; and John Q. Public, coined by the writer William Allen White in 1937. John Doe has outlived them all.See also: doe, johnJohn Doe
John Doeformerly, any plaintiff; now just anybody. [Am. Pop. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 329]See: EverymanJohn Doe
Forensics A name which may be assigned to a male admitted to hospital without identification or an unidentified male decedentJohn Doe A generic name for a nameless ♂, used in clinical and forensic medicine, as a temporary identifier for persons without identification. See Jane Doe. John Doe, Jane Doe1. In law, a fictitious name used when that of the actual defendant is unknown.2. Name assigned to an unidentified patient (e.g., one admitted to a hospital in a coma) or to an unidentified corpse brought to the hospital for confirmation of death. John Doe
John Doen. 1) a fictitious name used for a possible male defendant who is unknown at the time a complaint is filed to start a lawsuit. 2) the temporary fictitious name given to an unidentified hospitalized or dead man. (See: fictitious defendants, Jane Doe) John Doe
Synonyms for John Doenoun a hypothetical average manSynonyms- Joe Bloggs
- Joe Blow
- man in the street
Related Words- common man
- common person
- commoner
noun an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedingsRelated Words |