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somebody

/ˈsʌmˌbədi/ noun C2
  1. Any person.
  2. A recognised or important person, a celebrity. · I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.

Plural somebodies

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“You can, indeed, when the arrow lights point downward on somebody’s head.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 34 · C1
Somebody’s initials, maybe.
The Valley of Fear, p. 30 · C1
“Somebody killed the man, and whoever it was I could clearly prove to you that he should have done it some other way.
The Valley of Fear, p. 43 · C1
As he spoke the bright, yellow light in the study was obscured by somebody passing to and fro before it.
The Valley of Fear, p. 87 · C1

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