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- noun uncountable, capitalized A
publication containingbiographies ofwell-known orimportant people. - noun uncountable A list of
notable ,famous , orupper-class people. - noun uncountable Collectively, the
elite class. - noun countable A person appearing in a Who's Who publication.
- noun countable A
celebrity or famous person, someone likely to be in such a publication. - noun uncountable, idiomatic The
identities ofspecific people, understood in terms of suchdistinguishing characteristics as theirbackgrounds ,prominence ,achievements ,jobs , etc., as a basis forcomparing them and especially as a basis forranking them within a social group.
Etymologies
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From Who's Who, the British publication of biographies for the upper class, first published in 1849
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