person.
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
Meaning & usage
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.
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.
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. Any sapient or socially intelligent being.
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. A worker in a specified function or specialty.
I was able to speak to a technical support person and get the problem solved.
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.
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.
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 soulmate; someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally compatible and connected.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person From Middle English persoun, personne et al., 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 from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”). In this sense, displaced native man, which came to mean primarily "adult male" in Middle English; see Old English mann. Displaced native Old English hād (“person, individual”). Doublet of parson and persona.
To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
To man, to supply with staff or crew.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person From Middle English persoun, personne et al., 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 from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”). In this sense, displaced native man, which came to mean primarily "adult male" in Middle English; see Old English mann. Displaced native Old English hād (“person, individual”). Doublet of parson and persona.
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