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Joe Bloggs
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English
Proper noun
en chiefly British A personification of the general public, or of an average ordinary person.
en Australia A fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person.
en John Doe Richard Roe
Translations
A personification of the general public
Finnish: fi Matti Meikäläinen
French: fr Jean Dupont, fr Jean du Pont
German: de Otto Normal, de Max Mustermann
Italian: it Mario Rossi
Polish: pl Jan Kowalski m-pr
Spanish: es Pepito Pérez
Swedish: sv Medelsvensson
See also
en Charlie Farnsbarns Fred Bloggs Fred Nurk Joe Average Joe Blow Joe Schmoe John Bull John Doe John Q. Public Mr. Average placeholder name
References
Joe Bloggs http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak/ep-141007 BBC Learning English BBC 7 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20240311182845/https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak/ep-141007 11 March 2024
en placeholder terms
en Personifications