noun
person
PUR-suhn
noun
1
A human being, or any individual regarded as an entity with rights and identity.
"Every person in the room agreed with the plan."
"She is a very private person who rarely posts online."
2
In grammar, a category that shows whether a pronoun or verb refers to the speaker, the listener, or someone else.
""I" is first person, "you" is second person, and "she" is third person."
3
In law, any individual or organization recognized as having legal rights, such as a company.
"Under the law, a corporation is treated as a legal person."
How to Use Person
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA human being, or, more formally, anything the law treats like one.
Common pairings
in person
legal person
first person
Word Forms
personed past tense, personned past tense, people plural, persons plural, persons singular
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Etymology
From Latin persona, originally "a mask worn by an actor," later "a character" and then "an individual human being."
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Rhymes for person
Gerson
Emerson
Pierson
Iverson
Anderson
Paterson
Peterson
Amberson
Jefferson
Henderson
Patterson
Wilkerson
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