Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SOME-BOD-Y, n. [some and body.]

1. A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate. Jesus said, somebody hath touched me. – Luke viii. We must draw in somebody that may stand / 'Twixt us and danger. – Denham.
2. A person of consideration. Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody. – Acts v.