noun
Usage: usually capitalized J&D
Etymology: from the name John Doe
1. : a party to legal proceedings whose true name is unknown ; especially : the first such party when two or more are unknown — compare john stiles , richard miles , richard roe
2. : an anonymous, undistinguished, or average man
brilliant educators and plain John Does — K.D.Wells
the authors of those remarks are now so many John Does — Norman Cousins