nobody

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   No person; not anyone.

   I asked several people, but nobody knew the answer.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who is considered unimportant or has no influence.

   He started out as a nobody and became a famous actor.

From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”).

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