person
noun
[ ˈpəːs(ə)n ]
• a human being regarded as an individual.
• "the porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance"
Similar:
human being,
individual,
man/woman,
human,
being,
living soul,
soul,
mortal,
creature,
fellow,
figure,
personage,
character,
type,
sort,
beggar,
cookie,
customer,
critter,
bunny,
fella,
bloke,
chap,
bod,
geezer,
gent,
guy,
gal,
dude,
hombre,
body,
dog,
cove,
dame,
wight,
sod,
bugger,
• a category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms, according to whether they indicate the speaker ( first person ), the addressee ( second person ), or a third party ( third person ).
• each of the three modes of being of God, namely the Father, the Son, or the Holy Ghost, who together constitute the Trinity.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’.
-person
combining form
• used as a neutral alternative to -man in nouns denoting professional status, a position of authority, etc.
• "chairperson"
