fourth person

English

Noun

fourth person (plural fourth persons)

1. (grammar) A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one in one shouldn't do that.
2. (linguistics) In some languages such as Ojibwe, a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person.

   The man saw the dog as he was leaving. (if he is the third person, or proximate, it refers to the man; if he is the fourth person, or obviative, it refers to the dog)

Synonyms

• obviative

Antonyms

• proximate