Richard Roe

Meanings:

• 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.