John Doe

NOUN

common person

Synonyms

WEAK

Everyman Jane Doe Joe Blow Joe Doakes Joe Sixpack John Q. Public John Smith Mr Brown Mr. Nobody Richard Roe average Joe average person common man man in the street ordinary Joe

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Look for X’s John Doe as a purveyor of bootleg caviar.

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The motion described John Doe 1 as a more recent employee, who was hired in 2013 to detail the couple’s cars and other related services.

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“You’re going to be a Jane Doe or a John Doe,” Morrow told potential clients in a video posted to the firm’s TikTok page last year.

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In one episode, featuring a fine performance by John Doe from the band X, he survives by telling a story in order to prove that he’s a writer.

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He was arraigned as “John Doe” in an early-morning courtroom session convened without advance word to the press or public, with the goal of avoiding “another Dallas.”

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