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From else + who, patterned on elsewhere. Compare elsewhom, attested since 1542.
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Today it means: Someone else, anyone else. Full definition →
From else + who, patterned on elsewhere. Compare elsewhom, attested since 1542.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.