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From Anglo-Norman parsone, persoun et al. (Old French persone (“human being”), French personne), and its source Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword; compare Etruscan φersu (“mask”).

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person (plural persons or people) (by suppletion, see usage notes)

  1. A single human being; an individual. [from 13th c.]
    • 1784, William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE
      THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinƈtion, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfeƈtion; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
  2. The physical human body seen as distinct from the mind, character etc. [from 14th c.]
    • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
      The Captain, inclining his military person, sat sideways to be closer and kinder [...].
    • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 418:
      At first blush it seemed that what was striking about him rested on the fact that his dress was exotic, his person foreign.
    • 2004, New York Times:
      Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his person, is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang.
  3. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. [from 14th c.]
    By common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
  4. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person. [from 14th c.]
  5. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing). [from 20th c.]
    Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.

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human being
specific human being
the physical body of a specified individual
any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts
linguistic category
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person m. (plural personed)

  1. vicar

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Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed
singular person berson ferson unchanged unchanged
plural personed bersoned fersoned unchanged unchanged


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person c. (singular definite personen, plural indefinite personer)

  1. person
  2. character
  3. figure
  4. people

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    Inflection of person
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative person personen personer personerne
genitive persons personens personers personernes

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person

  1. accusative singular of perso

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person

  1. Genitive singular form of perso.

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person

  1. person

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    Inflection of person
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m person personen personer personene
Nynorsk m person personen personar personane

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person c.

  1. human being
  2. individual

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Declension of person
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative person personen personer personerna
genitive persons personens personers personernas

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person m. (plural personau) 

  1. person

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person m. (plural personiaid) 

  1. parson, clergyman

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