Richard Roe

1.
British EnglishAmerican Englishformallegalarchaic
- A conventional fictitious name historically used in legal proceedings to denote an anonymous, unknown, or unnamed defendant or party.
- A placeholder name employed in legal documents, case reporting, and hypothetical examples when the true identity of a person is not specified.
2.
British EnglishAmerican Englishinformalcolloquial
- A generic or humorous name used to refer to an unspecified, typical, or hypothetical person.
- A jocular or dismissive label for someone whose identity is unimportant or deliberately obscured.

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