"Joe Bloggs" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Joe Bloggs
  1. (chiefly British) A personification of the general public, or of an average ordinary person. Tags: British Translations (A personification of the general public): Matti Meikäläinen (Finnish), Jean Dupont (French), Jean du Pont (French), Otto Normal (German), Max Mustermann (German), Mario Rossi (Italian), Pepito Pérez (Spanish), Medelsvensson (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Joe_Bloggs-en-name-XBztSxSc Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'A personification of the general public': 96 4
  2. (Australia) A fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): Personifications Synonyms: John Doe, Richard Roe Related terms: placeholder name, Fred Bloggs, Fred Nurk, Joe Average, Joe Blow, John Bull, John Doe, John Q. Public, Mr. Average, Charlie Farnsbarns
    Sense id: en-Joe_Bloggs-en-name-azebHaJ6 Disambiguation of Personifications: 17 83 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80

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