nobody

nobody
n
1. no one, not a one, not anyone, not a blessed one, never a one, Archaic. ne'er a one, Dial. nary one; not a person, not a single solitary person, not a soul, not a blessed soul, no man, no woman; nobody on earth, nobody under the sun.
2.Informal. nonentity, unimportant person, Sl. schlepp, nothing, a big nothing, cipher, zero, lay figure; insignificancy, jackstraw, milquetoast, Sl. neb-bish; bonehead, blockhead, dummy, Inf. poor sap; no great shakes, no great catch, Sl. small beer, Sl. small potatoes; second fiddle, second banana, small fry.

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