somebody

mastery
UK /ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/ US /ˈsʌmˌbədi/nounpron

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Which meaning of 'somebody' is used in the sentence?

In the nature of things a good many somebodies are always in hospital, and the law of averages had picked on me to be one of them a week or so before.