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somebody

[suhm-bod-ee, -buhd-ee, -buh-dee]

pronoun

  1. some person.



noun

plural

somebodies 
  1. a person of some note or importance.

somebody

/ ˈʌəɪ /

pronoun

  1. some person; someone

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person of greater importance than others

    he seems to be somebody in this town

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of somebody1

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; some, body
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“The 4th Amendment as well as governing immigration regulations do not permit immigration agents to detain somebody against their will, even for a very brief time, absent reasonable suspicion,” he said.

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He was gangbanging in junior high and “thought I was somebody big because my friends would protect me,” he said.

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Didion once wrote that “writers are always selling somebody out,” but her husband and daughter were, for her, not among them.

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Juries do a fairly good job of deciding certain questions of fact — is somebody guilty or not? — but they are dominated by the more educated people, the more advantaged.

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“But now, this new administration is seeking to get a list of potential people who are undocumented, and the easiest way to find somebody who’s undocumented is by looking through I-10s.”

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-somesomebody up there loves me