Found 2 items, similar to John Doe.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: John Doe
John Doe
n 1: a hypothetical average man [syn:
Joe Blow,
Joe Bloggs,
man in the street
]
2: an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal
proceedings
English → English (gcide)
Definition: John Doe
John
\John\ (j[o^]n), n. [See
Johannes.]
A proper name of a man.
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John-apple, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same
as
Apple-john.
John Bull, an ideal personification of the typical
characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English
people.
John Bullism, English character. --W. Irving.
John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious
plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W.
John Doree,
John Dory. [John (or F. jaune yellow) +
Doree, Dory.] (Zo["o]l.) An oval, compressed, European
food fish (
Zeus faber). Its color is yellow and olive,
with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round
dark spot on each side. Called also
dory,
doree, and
St. Peter's fish.
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