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dos⋅si⋅er
[dos-ee-ey, -ee-er, daw-see-ey, -see-er; Fr. daw-syey]
Origin:
1875–80; < F: bundle of documents with a label attached to the back or spine, equiv. to dos (< L dorsum) back + -ier -ier 2
1875–80; < F: bundle of documents with a label attached to the back or spine, equiv. to dos (< L dorsum) back + -ier -ier 2

Synonyms:
record, report, folder.
record, report, folder.
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Dossier
Dos`sier"\ (d[-o]s`sy[asl]"; E. d[o^]s"s[i^]*[~e]r), n. [F., back of a thing, bulging bundle of papers, fr. dos back.] A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : dossier
Spanish:
expediente, dossier,
German:
Akten (pl.),
Japanese:
一件書類
dossier
1880, from Fr. dossier "bundle of papers," from dos "back," supposedly because the bundle bore a label on the back, from L. dossum, var. of dorsum "back." Or possibly from resemblance of the bulge in a mass of bundled papers to the curve of a back.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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