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/sˈəmbˌɑdi/ /sˈəmbədi/ Listen

noun

Somebody n.

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person. "Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me." "We must draw in somebody that may stand 'Twixt us and danger."

A person of consideration or importance. "Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody."

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Etymology of 'Somebody'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Somebody" Quotes from Famous Books

... observes Adam, "we find heaps of rubbish of one kind or another. Somebody, I am convinced, has taken pains to collect them, but for what purpose? Perhaps, hereafter, we shall be moved to do the like. Can that be our business ...

— The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... the Golden Dustman, 'I'll at once get rid of Wegg for the night, because he's coming to inhabit the Bower, and it might be put into his head or somebody else's, if he heard this and it got about that the house is haunted. Whereas we ...

— Our Mutual Friend • Charles Dickens

... worked because it had to be done. Of course the fighting had to be done too, there was always a warring tribe out looking for trouble, while their womenfolk stayed at home and worked. They were never threatened with a long peace. Somebody was always willing to go "It." The young bloods could always be sure of good fighting somewhere, and no questions asked. The masculine attitude toward life was: "I feel good today; I'll go out and kill something." Tribes fought for their existence, and so the work of the ...

— In Times Like These • Nellie L. McClung

... the first time Aubrey had been considered in condition for such festivities, and the gratification of being superior to somebody might account for his glee in invaliding ...

— The Trial - or, More Links of the Daisy Chain • Charlotte M. Yonge

... dears! I suppose you will make grand preparations, and there is no time to lose. One of you must find somebody to help Philip unload the team. Papa and the boys have gone fishing, and Laura and Margery went with them, I think.' And Mrs. Winship bustled about, literally ...

— A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story • Kate Douglas Wiggin

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