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dossier

dos·si·er [ dóssee ày ] (plural dos·si·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
set of papers containing information: a collection of documents relating to a person or topic

[Late 19th century. < French (originally "bunch of papers with a label on the back") < dos "the back" < Latin dorsum]
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