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dos·si·er  (ds-, dôs-)
n.
A collection of papers giving detailed information about a particular person or subject.
[French, from Old French, bundle of papers labeled on the back, from dos, back, from Latin dorsum.]
dossier [doss-ee-ay]
Noun
a collection of papers about a subject or person [French]
Dossier a bundle of papers in reference to some matter or relating to a person, 1880.
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Noun1.dossierdossier - a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
written account, written record - a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
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Spanish dossier [ˈdɔsɪeɪ] n dossier (on) → expediente m (sobre)
German dossier [ˈdɔsɪeɪ] n → Dossier nt
Italian dossier [ˈdɔsɪeɪ] n → dossier m inv
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Rather than in some sterile boardroom, meetings were held in the innkeepers' dining room; dusty tomes from their own family library were removed from the antique china cabinet to leave space for the four hundred children's books and fifty-one candidate dossiers the jury would be discussing in two short days.
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Up until the early 1980s, the LAPD used its spying powers to keep dossiers on prominent individuals and organizations, often for political blackmail purposes.
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Review of completed dossiers will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.
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