The words person and people are not related etymologically. Person comes from Latin persona, meaning "actor's mask; character in a play; person," while people comes from Latin populus, …

The philosophical concept of person arose, taking the word "prosopon" (Ancient Greek: πρόσωπον, romanized: prósōpon) from the Greek theatre. Therefore, the logos (the Ancient Greek: Λóγος, …

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The first person ("I" or "we") refers to the person speaking, the second person ("you") refers to the person being spoken to and the third person ("he", "she", "it", or "they") refers to another person or …

Any of three groups of pronoun forms with corresponding verb inflections that distinguish the speaker (first person), the individual addressed (second person), and the individual or thing spoken of (third …

A person is an individual human being. At least one person died and several others were injured. Everyone knows he's the only person who can do the job. My great-grandfather was a person of …

A person is a human being, especially in contrast with an animal, plant, or object, as in Layla was the only person in the room, so my cat gave her all its attention.

There are 21 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun person, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

(Definition of person from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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