Richard Roe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Richard Roe
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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The four others who have sued are also seeking to retain their anonymity: John Doe, Charles Coe, Michael Moe and Richard Roe.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2021
In the final pages, Richard Roe is relieved of duty after a breakdown—Green’s rebuke to the evolving myth of the stoical “Blitz spirit”—and becomes frustrated as he struggles to recapture the experience of firefighting:
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016
Judge Glasser agreed that the connection was not a secret, adding that Mr. Oberlander and Richard Roe were "inseparable" in his mind.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2012
Mr. Oberlander had long ago acknowledged that he was Richard Roe, but on Wednesday he gently chided the judge for making the connection.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2012
Oh, I'm coming back, of course, and link arms again with their worthy Highnesses, John Doe and Richard Roe; but just now I've got a restless fit on me.
From Miss Billy — Married by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
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