English Explanatory Dictionary

Ivan Ivanovich

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An anonymous or stereotypical Russian man; a Russian John Smith, John Q. Public or Joe Q. Public.
  2. Synonym of John Doe (an unknown person or body), giving a Russian flavour to fiction set in Russia, by using a Russian name in place of the English term.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈvɑːn ɪˈvɑːnəvɪt͡ʃ/

Word forms

Ivan Ivanovich Ivan Ivanoviches Ivan Ivanovichs Ivan Ivanovitch

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ива́н Ива́нович (Iván Ivánovič, literally “John Johnson”).

Synonyms

John Doe
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