John Doe

Betekenis (Engels)

Name

A fictitious name used chiefly in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous, usually male, person.

Noun

Any unknown or anonymous, usually male, person.

Sinonieme

Joe Blow

John Q. Public

Joe Bloggs

man in the street

John Smith

John Q. Citizen

John Q. Voter

Jane Doe

John Doo

Jane Doo

the man on the Clapham omnibus

Fred Bloggs

Joan Doe

so-and-so

the man in the street

John Hancock

person unknown

Mr. Nobody

Richard Roe

G. Raymond

Vertalings

John Doe

John Doe

John Doe

John Doe

Otto Normalverbraucher

John Doe

Jean Dupont

Fulano

Tartempion

John Doe

Max Mustermann

Untel

Etimologie (Engels)

Books that documented and taught the legal profession in England were using the names John Smith, John Doe, Richard Roe, and others as generic placeholder names (for roles, such as plaintiff, defendant, partitioner, etc) by the mid-seventeenth century (perhaps earlier). Compare also Tommy Atkins.

Sinne

An appeal to John Doe .