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John Doe

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John Doe
n.
1. Used as a name in legal proceedings to designate an unknown or unidentified man or boy.
2. An average or ordinary man.
John Doe
n
(Law) See Doe
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Noun1.John Doe - a hypothetical average man
Joe Bloggs, Joe Blow, man in the street
common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title
2.John Doe - an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings
law, 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"


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Now, I have a mental picture of John Doe that is as clear as a steel engraving.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
Those charming creations of the poet, John Doe and Richard Roe, when they first dawn upon him, will open a new world for the enlargement of his mind and the improvement of his heart.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
In short, in his bringing up he has been so nursed by Law and Equity that he has become a kind of fossil imp, to account for whose terrestrial existence it is reported at the public offices that his father was John Doe and his mother the only female member of the Roe family, also that his first long-clothes were made from a blue bag.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
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