Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A collection of papers giving detailed information about a particular person or subject.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bundle of writings or documents relating to some one matter or subject, inclosed in a wrapper and briefed on the back; the ‘papers in the case.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
collection ofpapers and/or othersources , containingdetailed information about a particularperson orsubject , together with asynopsis of their content.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Indian government has delivered to Islamabad what it calls a dossier of evidence from the Mumbai attacks.
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He has reams of paper which he calls the dossier of the crime.
Simon the Jester William John Locke 1896
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(Say what you will about Bill Clinton, but his dossier is prison-free.)
Running Mate 2007
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(Say what you will about Bill Clinton, but his dossier is prison-free.)
Running Mate 2007
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(Say what you will about Bill Clinton, but his dossier is prison-free.)
Running Mate 2007
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The UK dossier is the least specific regarding the diversity of Iraq†™ s existing or potential arsenal; it states that Iraq has an unspecified useable chemical weapons capability, which has included recent production of chemical agents.
Think Progress » The Intelligence Agencies Didn’t Get It Wrong, The Bush Administration Did 2006
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Note 4: John Holker to D. Trudaine, dated Rouen, 9 January 1762, in dossier concerning Morris and Joppe [Hope] AN F/12/1334A. back
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Note 20: "Observations sur l'état actuel de la Manufacture des Gobelins," 1776, AN O/1/2048; "Certificat de vertu de la part de Nicolas Charles Homassel," 6 February 1785 in dossier, "Gobelins, misc."
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And, Ms. Janssen will present what's called the dossier, which is the written documentation supporting her case, the witness statements.
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The FO press manager decides on his own initiative right out of the blue just to pass the time away, you understand to write a "dossier" - and Lo and Behold!
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