person meaning and definition

PERSON noun

Definition of person (noun)

1. a human being
   • "there was too much for one person to do"
   • synonyms: individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
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"