Usually means: Anonymous person of unknown name.
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  1. quidam: Collins English Dictionary
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  3. quidam: Wiktionary
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  6. Quidam: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. quidam: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Quidam: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. quidam: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. quidam: FreeDictionary.org
  11. quidam: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Quidam: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. quidam: Legal dictionary

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  1. Quidam: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A nobody; a person of no importance.

Similar:
nothing, zilch, zero, nobody, nonentity, unknown, good-for-nothing, nought, random, worthless person, more...

Opposite:
nobody, anonymous, unknown, nameless

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Similar:
nothing, zilch, zero, nobody, nonentity, unknown, good-for-nothing, nought, random, worthless person, more...

Opposite:
nobody, anonymous, unknown, nameless



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