| | # {{countable}} A [[celebrity]] or famous person, someone likely to be in such a publication. | | # {{countable}} A [[celebrity]] or famous person, someone likely to be in such a publication. |
| - | # {{uncountable|idiomatic|of two or more persons}} The [[relative]] [[characteristic]]s of people, with respect to their [[background]]s, [[prominence]], [[achievement]]s, [[job]]s, etc., as a basis for [[compare|comparing]] them and especially as a basis for [[ranking]] them within a social group. | + | # {{uncountable|idiomatic}} The [[identity|identities]] of [[specific]] people, understood in terms of such [[distinguish]]ing [[characteristic]]s as their [[background]]s, [[prominence]], [[achievement]]s, [[job]]s, etc., as a basis for [[compare|comparing]] them and especially as a basis for [[ranking]] them within a social group. |
| | #* '''1814''', [[w:Maria Edgeworth|Maria Edgeworth]], ''Patronage'', ch. 23: | | #* '''1814''', [[w:Maria Edgeworth|Maria Edgeworth]], ''Patronage'', ch. 23: |
| | #*: Mrs. Falconer cannot well avoid asking you to some of her entertainments, and it will be pleasant to you to know '''who's who''' beforehand. | | #*: Mrs. Falconer cannot well avoid asking you to some of her entertainments, and it will be pleasant to you to know '''who's who''' beforehand. |
