English Dictionary

who's who

名詞

語頭大文字 可算名詞 時々 不可算名詞 慣用表現

(countable, sometimes capitalized) A publication containing biographies of well-known or important people. / (countable) A list of notable, famous, or upper-class people.

日本語の意味

著名または重要な人物の略歴を掲載した出版物。 / 有名、著名、または上流階級の人々の一覧表。

The editor consulted a who's who to verify the careers of the prominent figures mentioned in the article.

編集者は記事に登場した著名人の経歴を確かめるために人名事典を参照した。

意味（1）

(countable, sometimes capitalized) A publication containing biographies of well-known or important people.

Nearly every country has now a Who's Who, which gives a brief outline of the life and work of living men who have distinguished themselves in various ways.

意味（2）

(countable) A list of notable, famous, or upper-class people.

In the growing who's who of Negro educators, the name of Cleo W. Blackburn, 45, ranks high.

意味（3）

(uncountable) Collectively, the elite class.

意味（4）

(countable) A person appearing in a Who's Who publication.

Sixty-one From Wisconsin Make Debut as Who's Whos [headline]:

意味（5）

(countable) A celebrity or famous person, someone likely to be in such a publication.

意味（6）

(uncountable, idiomatic) 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.

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.

who's whos （ plural ）