person
IPA: pˈɝsʌn
noun
- An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
- A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character.
- (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
- Any sentient or socially intelligent being.
- (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
- (in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).
- (in a compound noun or noun phrase) A worker in a specified function or specialty.
- The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
- (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
- (law, euphemistic) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
- (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person.
- (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
- A surname.
verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
- (transitive, gender-neutral) To man, to supply with staff or crew.
Advertisement
Examples of "person" in Sentences
No Sentences Found for person
Advertisement
Advertisement