undersigned

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ signed.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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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.

Translations

having signatures at the end or bottom

• Bulgarian: долуподписан (dolupodpisan)
• Italian: sottoscritto (it)
• Swedish: undertecknad (sv)

having signed at the end of a document

• Bulgarian: долуподписан (dolupodpisan)
• Dutch: ondergetekende (nl)
• French: soussigné (fr) m
• Hebrew: חתום מטה m (khatum mata)
• Italian: firmato (it)

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.

Translations

an undersigned person or people

• Bulgarian: долуподписан m (dolupodpisan)
• French: soussigné (fr) m, soussignée (fr) f
• Hindi: अधोहस्ताक्षरी m (adhohastākṣarī)
• Hungarian: alulírott (hu)
• Italian: sottoscritto (it), firmatario (it)
• Swedish: undertecknad (sv)