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.