"Jane Doe" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Jane Does [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Jane Doe (plural Jane Does)
  1. (idiomatic) An unknown or anonymous female; female equivalent of John Doe. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Synonyms: Jane Roe Hyponyms: Juanita Doe (english: Latina-version) Related terms: Joe Average, Joe Bloggs, J. Random User, Tom, Dick or Harry Translations (any unknown or anonymous female person): Ajnulo (Esperanto), Sinjorino Ajnulo (Esperanto), minah (Malay), Fulanah (english: classical) (Malay) Translations (female name used in legal documents): N.N. (Finnish), Erika Mustermann (German), 山田花子 (Yamada Hanako) (Japanese), Nguyễn Thị B (Vietnamese), Trần Thị B (Vietnamese), Lê Thị B (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "female name used in legal documents",
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          "sense": "female name used in legal documents",
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      "sense": "any unknown or anonymous female person",
      "word": "minah"
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