human being

noun

any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.

a person, especially as distinguished from other animals or as representing the human species:

living conditions not fit for human beings; a very generous human being.

Origin

1855-60

Examples from the web for human being

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.
Their center of interest is in a strange human being of unexpected characteristics.
Upon the will and character of a single individual hung suspended, apparently, the life and weal of every human being.
What could be done mechanically by a human being could be done faster and better by a machine.
What no human being desires to do does not have to be forbidden, it is self-exclusive.
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
Every time a human being moves, he or she has to push millions of air molecules out of the way.
But nothing is as tangible as the human being itself.
With a meter reader-a human being who goes to your home or business and reads the dials on a meter.

British Dictionary definitions for human being

noun

a member of any of the races of Homo sapiens; person; man, woman, or child