undersigned

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English

Etymology

From under- +‎ signed.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɪnd

Adjective

undersigned (not comparable)

  1. (of a document) Having signatures at the end or bottom.
  2. (of a person) Having signed at the end of a document.

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Noun

undersigned (plural undersigneds or undersigned)

  1. A person, mentioned in a document, whose name and signature appears at the end.
    • 1920, Buffalo Bill, An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill, New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, page 17:
      We, the undersigned wagon-masters, assistants, teamsters and all other employees of the firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell, do hereby sign that we will not swear, drink whisky, play cards or be cruel to dumb beasts in any way, shape or form.

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used by authors to refer to themselves in contexts in which first-person pronouns are conventionally not or not usually used, e.g. court decisions.

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