John Doe
PLACEHOLDER NAME FOR AN ANONYMOUS OR UNKNOWN PERSON
Jane Roe and Richard Roe; Ann Yone; John O'Noakes; John Doh; Israel Israeli; Fred Nurk; Joe Farnarkle; John doe; John and Jane Doe; John Doe and Jane Roe; ישראל ישראלי; Rob Doe; Ronald Doe; Jane Doe; John Does; Billy Bob Joe; Joe Doaques; Jane Doe (pseudonym); Juan Doe; Juanita Doe; John Doo; Jane Doe witness; Doe, John; Jane doe; John Doe (pseudonym); John Roe (pseudonym); Jane Roe (pseudonym); Johnny Doe (pseudonym); Johnny Doe; Janie Doe; Richard Roe (pseudonym); Roe (pseudonym); Jane Roo; Richard Roo; Jane Roo (pseudonym); Roo (pseudonym); Doo (pseudonym); Richard Roo (pseudonym); John-a-Noakes (pseudonym); John Noakes (pseudonym); John Nokes (pseudonym); John Stiles (pseudonym); John-a-Stiles (pseudonym); John O'Noakes (pseudonym); John-a-Noakes; John-a-Stiles; John Nokes; Baby Doe (pseudonym); Mary Moe; John A. Noakes
¦ noun N. Amer.
1. Law an anonymous party, typically the plaintiff, in a legal action.
2. informal a hypothetical average man.
Origin
C18: orig. in legal use as a name of a fictitious plaintiff, corresp. to Richard Roe, a fictitious defendant.