person
n.
human being; individual human; body of a human
Person
The classical definition of a person is "a human being regarded as an individual." In modern usage, the term "person" is subject to dispute and re-interpretation based on alternate definitions. This is especially so for uses that are not necessarily synonymous with the classical definition of
human or
human being.
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person
Noun
1. a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
(synonym) individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hypernym) organism, being
(hyponym) self
(member-holonym) people
(part-meronym) personality
(derivation) personify, personate
2. a person's body (usually including their clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person"
(hypernym) human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
(derivation) body, personify
3. a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"
(hypernym) grammatical category, syntactic category
(hyponym) first person
Person (die)
n.
person, human being; personality; persona, character in a play
Person
(v. t.)
To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
(n.)
The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person.
(n.)
One of three relations or conditions (that of speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the subject.
(n.)
Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A parson; the parish priest.
(n.)
A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child.
(n.)
A human being spoken of indefinitely; one; a man; as, any person present.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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