person

per|son [ `pɜrsn ] noun count ***

1. ) an individual human, usually an adult. The plural is people, but in formal or official language the form persons is used:

Tickets cost $50 per person.

She's the type of person who is always happy to help out.

Every single person in the room stopped talking.

Some people hate camping.

elderly/eligible/unemployed persons

a ) used for saying that someone likes a particular thing or activity:

Janet has always been an outdoor person.

I'm not really a fast food person.

b ) used when you do not know who did something:

Some stupid person left the stove on all night.

He has been charged with supplying heroin to persons unknown.

c ) as a person used for talking about someone in relation to their character rather than their professional position:

I wanted to get to know him as a person, not just as my teacher.

2. ) VERY FORMAL your body or the clothes you are wearing:

His person had been searched illegally.

on/about someone's person: She always carried a small pair of scissors on her person.

do something in person

to do something by going to a place or person rather than by writing, telephoning, or sending someone else:

You have to pick up your tickets in person.

I've talked to him on the telephone and in person.

first/second/third person LINGUISTICS

the forms of pronouns or verbs that show who is being referred to. People use the first person (I) to refer to themselves, the second person (you) to refer to the person or people they are talking to, and the third person he/she/they to refer to anyone else.

in the person of FORMAL

used before someone's name to emphasize that they represent a larger group or institution:

The government, in the person of the Health Minister, has taken a lot of criticism.

a person SOUTH AFRICAN SPOKEN

used for referring to yourself or to people in general:

Can't a person get anything done around here?

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