dossier
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dos·si·er 
[dos-ee-ey, -ee-er, daw-see-ey, -see-er; Fr. daw-syey] Pronunciation Key
[dos-ee-ey, -ee-er, daw-see-ey, -see-er; Fr. daw-syey] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural dos·si·ers
[dos-ee-eyz, -ee-erz, daw-see-eyz, -see-ers; Fr. daw-syey] Pronunciation Key.
[dos-ee-eyz, -ee-erz, daw-see-eyz, -see-ers; Fr. daw-syey] Pronunciation Key. | a collection or file of documents on the same subject, esp. a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic. |
[Origin: 1875–80; < F: bundle of documents with a label attached to the back or spine, equiv. to dos (< L dorsum) back + -ier -ier2]
] —Synonyms record, report, folder.
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| dos·si·er
(dŏs'ē-ā', dô'sē-ā') Pronunciation Key
n. A collection of papers giving detailed information about a particular person or subject. [French, from Old French, bundle of papers labeled on the back, from dos, back, from Latin dorsum.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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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| dossier | |
noun | |
| a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record) |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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