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individual

/ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒ(u)əl/ noun B2
  1. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people. · He is an unusual individual.
  2. A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
  3. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
  4. An element belonging to a population.

Plural individuals

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He was dressed in the seedy frockcoat of the book merchant, but the rest of that individual lay in a pile of white hair and old books upon the table.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 9 · C1
“Eh, pardieu!” said the individual whose description we have twice given, entering the door, “what a great deal of ceremony!
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 109 · C1
You know a conjuror gets no credit when once he has explained his trick, and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 38 · B2
You stand in the way not merely of an individual, but of a mighty organization, the full extent of which you, with all your cleverness, have been unable to realize.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 109 · B2

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