Plural of dossier; multiple files or collections of documents about specific people, subjects, or cases.
Plural of 'dossier,' from French 'dossière.' The term became standard in English legal, governmental, and investigative contexts in the 20th century.
When you hear about someone's 'dossier' in spy movies, you're using a word that started as a simple label on the back of a folder—language often preserves the mundane origins of sophisticated concepts!
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