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person

/ˈpɜːsən/

noun

Meaning

  • An individual; usually a human being.

    "Each person is unique, both mentally and physically."

  • The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.

  • Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.

    "At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person."

  • 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 he or she is speaking. See grammatical person.

  • 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.

verb

Meaning

  • To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.

  • (gender-neutral) To man.