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    person
    ˈpəːs(ə)n/
    noun
    noun: person; plural noun: people; plural noun: persons; noun: first person; noun: second person; noun: third person
    1. 1.
      a human being regarded as an individual.
      "the porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance"
      synonyms:human being, individual, man/woman, human, being, living soul, soul, mortal, creature, fellow; More
      figure, personage;
      informalcharacter, type, sort, beggar, cookie, customer, critter, bunny, fella;
      informalbloke, chap, bod, geezer, gent;
      informalguy, gal, dame, dude, hombre;
      informalbastard;
      informalbody, dog;
      informalcove;
      vulgar slangsod, bugger;
      archaicwight
      "you were probably the last person to see Glynn alive"
      • (in legal or formal contexts) an unspecified individual.
        "each of the persons using unlawful violence is guilty of riot"
      • an individual characterized by a preference or liking for a specified thing.
        "she's not a cat person"
      • a character in a play or story.
        "his previous roles in the person of a fallible cop"
      • an individual's body.
        "I would have publicity photographs on my person at all times"
      • dated
        (especially in legal contexts) used euphemistically to refer to a man's genitals.
    2. 2.
      Grammar
      a category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms, according to whether they indicate the speaker first person, the addressee second person, or a third party third person.
    3. 3.
      Christian Theology
      each of the three modes of being of God, namely the Father, the Son, or the Holy Ghost, who together constitute the Trinity.
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’.
    -person
    pəːs(ə)n/
    combining form
    suffix: -person
    1. used as a neutral alternative to -man in nouns denoting professional status, a position of authority, etc.
      "chairperson"
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