Phrase guide
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noun
A publication containing biographies of well-known or important people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, countable, sometimes
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noun
A list of notable, famous, or upper-class people.
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Usage: countable
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noun
Collectively, the elite class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A person appearing in a Who's Who publication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A celebrity or famous person, someone likely to be in such a publication.
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Usage: countable
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noun
The identities of specific people, understood in terms of such distinguishing characteristics as their backgrounds, prominence, achievements, jobs, etc., as a basis for comparing them and especially as a basis for ranking them within a social group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of who's who.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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History
From Who's Who, the British publication of biographies for the upper class, first published in 1849.
Across languages
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