Doe

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//dəʊ//
United States//doʊ//

A surname of English origin.

proper noun

1
A surname of English origin.
In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000.

Etymology

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun doe. * As a Norman surname, from Old French d' Eu, from Eu, Seine-Maritime. That city's name could be from Frankish *auwju (“island, water meadow”) or otherwise a reduction of Latin Augusta.

Forms

plural: Does

dodgy · Evasive and shifty.dodo · A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the…doe · A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope…

Doe · A surname of English origin.

dog · A mammal of the family Canidae: The species Canis familiaris…Dog · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.doggone · To damn; to curse.

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