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