Richard Roe

American  

[roh] / roʊ /

noun

1. a fictitious name used in legal proceedings for a male party whose true name is not known, used especially as the second such name when two male persons are involved whose real names have not been ascertained.

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Etymology

Origin of Richard Roe

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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Richard Roe

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

Mr. Oberlander responded by stating that the judge had "just put into the record that I am Richard Roe," but quickly added that the fact was hardly a secret.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2012

Details of the dispute between John Doe and Richard Roe were pieced together through a review of public documents, including appellate orders and a transcript of the 2010 hearings before Judge Glasser.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2012

Mrs. Richard Roe will naturally try to outshine her, and thus rise above her in the social scale. 

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney