INDIVIDUALS
Noun
individuals
plural of individual
Source: Wiktionary
INDIVIDUAL
In`di*vid"u*al, a. Etym: [L. individuus indivisible; pref. in- not +
dividuus divisible, fr. dividere to divide: cf. F. individuel. See
Divide.]
1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or
distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal,
or city.
Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other things,
and is pure, unmingled, individual substance. A. Tucker.
United as one individual soul. Milton.
2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a
single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of
character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.
In`di*vid"u*al, n.
1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being
incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity;
especially, a human being; a person. Cowper.
An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not
be logically divided, is called an individual. Whately.
That individuals die, his will ordains. Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.)
(a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound
animal.
(b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal
or becomes compound by budding or fission.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition