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Person has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a human being

"there was too much for one person to do"

2

a human body (usually including the clothing)

"a weapon was hidden on his person"

3

a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party

"stop talking about yourself in the third person"

4

An individual; usually a human being. Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.

"The police officer asked every person walking by if they had seen the missing child."

5

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.

"The actor forgot his lines while trying to master the complex roles he had played throughout the season."

In plain English: A person is an individual human being.

"Everyone at the party was happy to see their favorite person arrive."

Usage: Use "person" to refer to any single human being or an individual member of a group. It functions as a countable noun that can be singular or plural, such as in the phrase "each person."

Verb
1

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

"The children loved the magician who could suddenly turn himself into their favorite cartoon character."

In plain English: To person something means to give it human qualities so it acts like a real person.

"I cannot write a sentence using "person" as a verb because it is strictly a noun and does not have an everyday verbal meaning in English. However, here is an example of how to use the word "person" as a noun: The kind person helped me carry my bags."

Usage: Do not use "person" as a verb in modern English, as it is archaic and rarely understood outside of historical texts. Instead, use synonyms like "represent," "depict," or "impersonate" to convey the intended meaning clearly.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"My neighbor's last name is Person, which sounds like a coincidence given how common it is as a first name."

Example Sentences
"Everyone at the party was happy to see their favorite person arrive." noun
"The person waiting at the bus stop looked very tired." noun
"Every person in the room stood up to welcome the guest." noun
"I need to find out who that person called last night." noun
"I cannot write a sentence using "person" as a verb because it is strictly a noun and does not have an everyday verbal meaning in English. However, here is an example of how to use the word "person" as a noun: The kind person helped me carry my bags." verb
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Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
self adult adventurer anomaly anachronism applicant appointee capitalist captor changer color-blind person commoner communicator contestant coward creator disputant engineer entertainer experimenter expert face female gypsy individualist inhabitant native innocent intellectual juvenile lover loved one leader male money handler national nonreligious person nonworker peer perceiver percher precursor primitive religious person sensualist traveler unfortunate unwelcome person unskilled person worker African person of color Black White Amerindian Slav gentile Jew Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces abator abjurer abomination abstainer achiever acquaintance acquirer active actor adjudicator admirer adoptee adversary advisee advocate affiant agnostic albino amateur ancient anti anti-American apprehender appreciator archaist arrogator assessee asthmatic authority autodidact automaton baby boomer baby buster bad guy bad person baldhead balker bullfighter bather beard bedfellow bereaved best birth biter blogger blond bluecoat bodybuilder bomber brunet buster candidate case cashier celebrant censor chameleon charmer child chutzpanik closer clumsy person collector combatant complexifier compulsive computer user contemplative convert copycat counter counterterrorist crawler creature creditor cripple dancer dead person deaf person debaser debtor defecator delayer deliverer demander dieter differentiator disentangler dissenter divider domestic partner double dresser dribbler drug user dyslectic eccentric ectomorph effecter Elizabethan emotional person endomorph enjoyer enrollee ethnic explorer extrovert faddist faller fastener fiduciary first-rater follower free agent friend fugitive gainer gambler gatekeeper gatherer good guy good person granter greeter grinner groaner grunter guesser handicapped person hater heterosexual homosexual homunculus hope hoper huddler hugger immune insured interpreter introvert Jat jewel jumper junior killer relative kink kneeler knocker knower kook large person Latin laugher learner left-hander life lightning rod linguist literate liver longer loose cannon machine mailer malcontent man manipulator man jack married masturbator measurer nonmember mesomorph mestizo middlebrow miracle man misfit misogamist mixed-blood modern monolingual mother hen mouse mutilator namer namesake neglecter neighbor neutral nondescript nonparticipant nonpartisan nonperson nonresident nonsmoker nude nurser occultist optimist orphan ostrich ouster outcaste outdoorsman owner pamperer pansexual pardoner partner party passer personage personification perspirer philosopher picker pisser planner player posturer powderer preserver propositus public relations person pursuer pussycat quarter quitter radical rare bird realist rectifier redhead registrant reliever repeater rescuer rester restrainer revenant rich person right-hander riser romper roundhead ruler rusher scientist scratcher second-rater seeder seeker segregate sentimentalist sex object sex symbol shaker showman signer simpleton six-footer skidder slave sleepyhead sloucher small person smasher smiler sneezer sniffer sniffler snuffer snuffler socializer sort sounding board sphinx spitter sport sprawler spurner squinter stifler stigmatic stooper stranger struggler subject supernumerary surrenderer survivalist survivor suspect tagger tapper tempter termer terror testator thin person third-rater thrower tiger totemist toucher transfer transsexual transvestite trier turner tyrant ugly duckling undoer user vanisher victim Victorian visionary visually impaired person waiter waker walk-in wanter ward warrior watcher weakling weasel wiggler winker withholder witness worldling yawner first person second person third person

Origin

The word "person" comes from the Latin persōna, which originally meant a mask worn by an actor or the role played behind it. It entered English through Anglo-Norman and Old French, eventually replacing the native Old English word mann to describe any human being rather than just an adult male.

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