- person unknown
- [Police] personne ou personnes inconnues
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance. Jean-Daniel Katz. 2010.
person unknown
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unknown person — index stranger Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unknown — (adj.) c.1300, strange, unfamiliar (of persons, places), from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of KNOW (Cf. know). Cf. O.E. ungecnawen. In ref. to facts, attested from early 14c. The noun meaning unknown person is recorded from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
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unknown — [[t]ʌ̱nno͟ʊn[/t]] ♦♦♦ unknowns 1) ADJ If something is unknown to you, you have no knowledge of it. An unknown number of demonstrators were arrested... How did you expect us to proceed on such a perilous expedition, through unknown terrain... The… … English dictionary
Person or Persons Unknown — Infobox Television episode Title = Person or Persons Unknown Series = The Twilight Zone Caption = Richard Long in Person or Persons Unknown Season = 3 Episode = 92 Airdate =March 23, 1962 Production =4829 Writer =Charles Beaumont Director =John… … Wikipedia
unknown — adj. & n. adj. (often foll. by to) not known, unfamiliar (his purpose was unknown to me). n. 1 an unknown thing or person. 2 an unknown quantity (equation in two unknowns). Phrases and idioms: unknown country see COUNTRY. unknown quantity a… … Useful english dictionary
person — noun 1 (C) plural people a human being, especially considered as someone with their own particular character: Tessa s a very intense person. | Hank s not the sort of person I find easy to talk to. | I like her as a person, but not as a boss. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
