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.
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