Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- pronoun An unspecified or unknown person.
- noun A person of importance.
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- pronoun
Some person. - noun A partially specified but unnamed person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a human being
Etymologies
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Examples
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And for a moment like that, to have the gift of sharing a piece of my soul with someone I may never see again ~someone I will never forget, well, I wouldn't trade a moment like that for anything in the world.
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The problem with this new Twitter update is if you follow the White House on Twitter and the White House replies to someone directly, e.g. @someone blah blah blah, you won't see it unless you are also following @someone.
Ari Herzog: Twitter Tells White House: No More Transparency 2009
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I mean *someone* posted the photos, so they either took it, or got it from someone else right?
Lamb-entations Jen 2009
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This is the kind of book that I would hint mightily to someone that I wanted for a birthday/holiday present, perhaps by saying, suggestively, that if I knew how to SEW, *someone* might get a handmade whatsis.
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This is the kind of book that I would hint mightily to someone that I wanted for a birthday/holiday present, perhaps by saying, suggestively, that if I knew how to SEW, *someone* might get a handmade whatsis.
September 2006 2006
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Eventually you could get someone to confess to *suicide* using sleep deprivation, and really any technique that you can use to get a false confession out of someone within reason, since obviously you can get a false confession out of *someone* using any technique, you know what I mean I think is, to me, torture.
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And someone told someone and the chain of gossip began.
goldenboy Diary Entry goldenboy 2006
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I want someone in my life and that someone is Alex.
mirror.co.uk - Home 2010
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I have a feeling that someone has all the email from both accounts, and they are right now in some sort of shady deal to sell the data to $someone (or perhaps to Palin herself).
MetaFilter Projects 2008
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I have a feeling that someone has all the email from both accounts, and they are right now in some sort of shady deal to sell the data to $someone (or perhaps to Palin herself).
MetaFilter Projects 2008
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- Aquarius
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- Elizabethan
- Gemini
- Hebrew
- Israelite
- Jat
- Ladino
- Latin
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- Life
- Liver
- Mailer
- Native American
- Negro
- Negroid
- Pisces
- Roundhead
- Sagittarius
- Scorpio
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- Victorian
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- abator
- abjurer
- abomination
- aboriginal
- aborigine
- abstainer
- abstinent
- achiever
- acquaintance
- acquirer
- active
- actor
- adjudicator
- admirer
- adoptee
- adult
- adventurer
- adversary
- advisee
- advocate
- advocator
- affiant
- aggregator
- agnostic
- allayer
- amateur
- ancient
- anomaly
- antagonist
- anti
- anti-american
- ape
- aper
- applicant
- applied scientist
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- appointment
- appreciator
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- archaist
- archer
- arrogator
- assessee
- assimilator
- asthmatic
- attempter
- authority
- autodidact
- baby
- baby boomer
- baby buster
- bad guy
- bad person
- balance
- baldhead
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- baldy
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- bedfellow
- beguiler
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- bereaved
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- best
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- black
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- blackamoor
- blogger
- blond
- blonde
- bluecoat
- bodybuilder
- bomber
- boomer
- brunet
- brunette
- bull
- bullfighter
- buster
- cancer
- candidate
- capitalist
- captor
- capturer
- carrottop
- case
- cashier
- celebrant
- celebrater
- celebrator
- censor
- chameleon
- changer
- charmer
- child
- chooser
- chutzpanik
- closer
- cloud seeder
- clumsy person
- coddler
- collector
- color-blind person
- combatant
- comforter
- common man
- common person
- commoner
- communicator
- compeer
- complexifier
- compulsive
- computer user
- contemplative
- contestant
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- controller
- controversialist
- convert
- copycat
- counter
- counterterrorist
- coward
- crab
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- creator
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- creditor
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- cripple
- cross-dresser
- dancer
- dead person
- dead soul
- deaf person
- debaser
- debitor
- debtor
- deceased
- deceased person
- decedent
- defecator
- degrader
- delayer
- deliverer
- demander
- denizen
- departed
- deviser
- dieter
- differentiator
- discriminator
- disentangler
- disputant
- dissenter
- dissident
- divider
- doer
- domestic partner
- doormat
- double
- doubter
- dresser
- dribbler
- driveller
- drooler
- drug user
- dupe
- dweller
- dyslectic
- ectomorph
- effecter
- effector
- ejector
- emotional person
- emulator
- endomorph
- engineer
- enjoyer
- enrollee
- entertainer
- equal
- eristic
- essayer
- ethnic
- excuser
- expectorator
- experimenter
- expert
- explorer
- exponent
- extravert
- extrovert
- face
- faddist
- faller
- fastener
- female
- female person
- fiduciary
- fighter
- first-rater
- fish
- fleer
- follower
- forerunner
- forgiver
- free agent
- free spirit
- freewheeler
- friend
- fugitive
- gainer
- gambler
- gatekeeper
- gatherer
- gay
- gem
- gentile
- goat
- good guy
- good person
- granter
- greeter
- grinner
- groaner
- grownup
- grunter
- guesser
- guinea pig
- habitant
- handicapped person
- hater
- have
- heterosexual
- heterosexual person
- homo
- homophile
- homosexual
- homunculus
- hope
- hoper
- huddler
- hugger
- image
- imitator
- immune
- indigen
- indigene
- individualist
- indweller
- inexperienced person
- inhabitant
- innocent
- insured
- insured person
- intellect
- intellectual
- interpreter
- introvert
- jew
- jewel
- jumper
- junior
- juvenile
- juvenile person
- killer
- kink
- kneeler
- knocker
- knower
- large person
- laugher
- leader
- learner
- lefthander
- lefty
- lightning rod
- linguist
- lion
- literate
- literate person
- longer
- look-alike
- loose cannon
- loved one
- lover
- machine
- maimer
- malcontent
- male
- male person
- man
- man jack
- mangler
- manipulator
- married
- masturbator
- match
- measurer
- mediocrity
- mesomorph
- mestizo
- middlebrow
- miracle man
- miracle worker
- misogamist
- mixed-blood
- modern
- modifier
- mollycoddler
- money dealer
- money handler
- monolingual
- mother hen
- mouse
- mover and shaker
- musclebuilder
- muscleman
- mutilator
- namer
- namesake
- national
- native
- needer
- neglecter
- neighbor
- neighbour
- neutral
- noncompliant
- nondescript
- nondrinker
- nonmember
- nonparticipant
- nonpartisan
- nonpartizan
- nonperson
- nonreligious person
- nonresident
- nonsmoker
- nonworker
- nude
- nude person
- nurser
- objector
- observer
- occultist
- onanist
- opener
- opponent
- opposer
- optimist
- orphan
- ostrich
- ouster
- outcaste
- outdoorsman
- owner
- pamperer
- pansexual
- pardoner
- partner
- party
- passer
- peer
- perceiver
- percher
- percipient
- person of color
- person of colour
- persona non grata
- personage
- personification
- perspirer
- philosopher
- picker
- pisser
- planner
- player
- polyglot
- possessor
- posturer
- powderer
- precursor
- preserver
- primitive
- primitive person
- proponent
- propositus
- prospect
- protester
- public relations person
- pursuer
- pussycat
- quarter
- quester
- quitter
- radical
- ram
- realist
- recoverer
- rectifier
- red-header
- redhead
- redheader
- registrant
- relation
- relative
- reliever
- religious person
- repeater
- rescuer
- resister
- rester
- restrainer
- revenant
- rich person
- right hander
- right-hander
- righthander
- riser
- romanticist
- romper
- ruler
- runaway
- rusher
- saluter
- saver
- scholar
- scientist
- scorpion
- scourge
- scrag
- scrapper
- scratcher
- searcher
- second-rater
- seeder
- seeker
- segregate
- selector
- self
- sensualist
- sentimentalist
- sex object
- sex symbol
- shaker
- shitter
- showman
- signatory
- signer
- significant other
- simple
- simpleton
- six-footer
- skidder
- skin and bones
- slav
- slave
- slayer
- sleepyhead
- slider
- slipper
- slobberer
- sloucher
- small person
- smasher
- smiler
- smotherer
- sneezer
- sniffer
- sniffler
- sniveler
- snuffer
- snuffler
- social dancer
- socialiser
- socializer
- sort
- sounding-board
- southpaw
- sphinx
- spitter
- spoiler
- sport
- spousal equivalent
- spouse equivalent
- sprawler
- spurner
- squint-eye
- squinter
- squirmer
- stifler
- stigmatic
- stigmatist
- stooper
- straight
- straight person
- stranger
- struggler
- subject
- substance abuser
- succeeder
- success
- supernumerary
- surrenderer
- survivalist
- survivor
- suspect
- swayer
- sweater
- tagger
- tapper
- technologist
- tempter
- termer
- terror
- testate
- testator
- thin person
- third-rater
- thirster
- threat
- thrower
- tiger
- topper
- toreador
- totemist
- toucher
- transexual
- transfer
- transferee
- transsexual
- transvestite
- traveler
- traveller
- trier
- turner
- twin
- tyrant
- undoer
- unfastener
- unfortunate
- unfortunate person
- unperson
- unraveler
- unraveller
- unskilled person
- untier
- unusual person
- unwelcome person
- urinator
- user
- vanisher
- venturer
- victim
- virgin
- visionary
- visually impaired person
- voider
- waiter
- waker
- walk-in
- wanter
- ward
- warrior
- watcher
- water bearer
- weakling
- wealthy person
- weasel
- weight gainer
- welcomer
- white
- white person
- wiggler
- wight
- winker
- winner
- withholder
- witness
- worker
- worldling
- wriggler
- wuss
- yawner
- yearner
- yielder
asativum commented on the word someone
An awfully busy human being, apparently. Up to a lot of no good.
June 14, 2008
bilby commented on the word someone
Too right. Someone knocked over my rubbish bin last night.
June 14, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word someone
"1. A person of importance: He really thinks he's someone."
--American Heritage Dictionary
November 3, 2011
yarb commented on the word someone
Just who does he think he is?
November 3, 2011