What is the classical Chinese meaning of 或?

Question

I am reading a text that uses the following phrase:

或謂鄭相曰

I understand it generally to mean that

someone told to the prime minister of Zheng saying

However, I don't understand exactly what the character 或 means here.

Answer 1

It means "someone" in this case.

From zdic:

某人，有的人

From Iciba:

[书] （某人； 有的人） someone ； some people

Answer 2

或,is frequently to be seen in classical Chinese with the meaning——someone,such usage is barely seen in modern chinese language.

而楼上人往来屑屑，或凭或立，不一状。————《山市》蒲松龄

或:

It is composed of "口" and "弌".
口 resembles the city wall surrounding a city
弌 means the first time in night a soldier patrol with a polearm.

弌, 弍 and 弎 refer to first,second,third time of patrol

Some people think that 弌 means that defend his land with polearm

或，邦也。从囗，从戈，以守一。一，地也。——《说文》

Taking the above into consideration, 或 can be understood as defending one's country with weapons.

It therefore means country and by derivation, someone.

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EDIT:

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