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Plural / 3rd person of person. Showing the entry for person.

person

per·son

UK/ˈpɜː.sən/ US/ˈpʰɜːsn̩/ very common

noun

1.

a human being

  • “there was too much for one person to do”
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2.

a person''s body (usually including their clothing)

  • “a weapon was hidden on his person”
3.

a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms

  • “stop talking about yourself in the third person”

Origin

From Middle English persoun, personne et al., from Anglo-Norman parsone, persoun et al.

Phrases

  • about one's person
  • artificial person
  • as the next person
  • battered person syndrome
  • birthing person
  • blind person
  • boat person
  • certain person

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