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who's who

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Noun

  1. A publication containing biographies of well-known or important people.
  2. A list of notable, famous, or upper-class people.
  3. Collectively, the elite class.
  4. A person appearing in a Who's Who publication.
  5. A celebrity or famous person, someone likely to be in such a publication.
  6. 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.
  7. Alternative form of who's who.

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