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living soul

living soul noun: a person.

Noun

living soul (plural living souls)

  1. (idiomatic) A person
    • We may add a table, a seat, perhaps two stools. A poor dwelling and very bare; but then it is furnished with a living soul! The fire cheers her, the blessed box-twigs guard her bed, accompanied now and again by a pretty bunch of vervein.1862, Jules Michelet, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
    • However, I’ll tell you this much . . . and if nothing comes of it you must never breathe a word about it to a living soul.1909 September, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “The Prince Comes Back to the Enchanted Palace”, in Anne of Avonlea, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC, pages 341–342

Forms of living soul

pluralliving souls

Words formed from living soul

Questions about living soul

What does living soul mean?
Living soul means a person.
What part of speech is living soul?
Living soul is a noun.
What is the plural of living soul?
The plural of living soul is living souls.

Words near living soul in the dictionary

  1. living rooms
  2. living rough
  3. living sculpture
  4. living sculptures
  5. living shield
  6. living soul
  7. living space
  8. living spaces
  9. living standard
  10. living standards
  11. living statue

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