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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
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example Sentences
- Three letters of recommendation should be sent directly from the referee or dossier service.
- The dossier made a bad situation worse, the author concludes, but was not the turning-point it has been portrayed as.
- Of course, it might help to check the disaster dossier to learn about different forces of natures and the places they affect.
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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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