dossier
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iˌeɪ, -i Origin:
1875–80; < French: bundle of documents with a label attached to the back or spine, equivalent to dos (< Latin dorsum) back + -ier -ier2
1875–80; < French: bundle of documents with a label attached to the back or spine, equivalent to dos (< Latin dorsum) back + -ier -ier2
Synonyms
record, report, folder.
record, report, folder.
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Dossier
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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| —n | |
| a collection of papers containing information on a particular subject or person | |
| [C19: from French: a file with a label on the back, from dos back, from Latin dorsum] | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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Example sentences
Neither of which would seem appropriate for an academic dossier.
Three letters of recommendation should be sent directly from the referee or dossier service.
His dossier records him informing the president that some of his closest advisers were prime suspects in the affair.
The dossier made a bad situation worse, the author concludes, but was not the turning-point it has been portrayed as.
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