nobody

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Thank Gaia nobody was armed, the criminal might have not been able to steal everyone's wallets.

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  1. pronoun No person; not anyone: Nobody told you to go.
  2. noun A person of no importance or influence.

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  • The thing of the firing had been done--nobody was hurt--nobody was in fact in hostile array; and far less was the party itself alarmed. —  Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers
  • I resemble the remark about Jaydot - nobody, but nobody is as kinky as he. —  PCLinuxOS-Forums
  • People think I'm cool -- nobody is cooler than my two girls. —  White House.gov Agenda Articles Feed
  • With the archaic Nielson system in place, * nobody* helps keep a show on air by actually watching it on live TV, unless they have Nielson box.
  • Thank Gaia nobody was armed, the criminal might have not been able to steal everyone's wallets. —  Sharp as a Marble
 

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everybody ·  sir ·  somebody ·  anybody ·  someone ·  none ·  nothing ·  guy ·  boy ·  doctor ·  mother ·  folk
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  1. from Middle English no body; rare in Middle English (where, besides the ordinary none, no man, noman, and no wight were used); from no+ body.
 

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/ˈnoʊbədi/
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