A"ny*bod*y (#), n. 1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody.
Macaulay.
2. A person of consideration or standing. [Colloq.]
All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list.
Lond. Sat. Rev.
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