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john doe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun john doe has 2 senses
- john doe(n = noun.person) joe bloggs, joe blow, man in the street - a hypothetical average man; Array is a kind of common man, common person, commoner
- john doe(n = noun.person) Array - an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings; Array is a kind of party
THESAURUS
john doe
Everyman, Jane Doe, Public, Richard Roe, alias, anonym, assumed name, body politic, citizenry, common man, commonwealth, community, community at large, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, false name, fictitious name, folk, folks, general public, gentry, men, nation, nationality, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nom de theatre, pen name, people, people in general, persons, polity, populace, population, professional name, pseudonym, public, society, stage name, state, world, you and me
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