(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:50:33

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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