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What is the meaning of もの in that sentence 真相を知る **もの** は誰もいません

Dictionary says it can mean 'thing', but also 'really'.

I guess thus it's 'really' but when I automatically translate this sentence,
the meaning 'really' never appears.
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The meaning of もの
もの has a variety of uses. While it can mean thing, it can also refer to a
person, which is what it's doing in this sentence.

Breaking the sentence down, we have:

> 真相を知る: < _someone_ > knows the truth.

> 誰もいません: There is no one.

もの is the glue that ties these two parts together.

First note that, when 真相を知る is placed before もの, it's acting as a relative
clause. So,

> 真相を知るもの: someone **who** knows the truth

And so when placed in the larger sentence,

> 真相を知るものは誰もいません: There is no one who knows the truth.
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