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Webster 1913 Edition


Anybody

A′ny-bod-y

,
Noun.
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.