person
/ˈpɝ.sən/ noun A1- An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. · Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.
- 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.
- Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
- Any sapient or socially intelligent being.
- Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing). · Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.
- A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).
- A worker in a specified function or specialty. · I was able to speak to a technical support person and get the problem solved.
- The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
Plural people
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Then the Queen hurriedly gave her people the order to start, for she feared if the mice stayed among the poppies too long they also would fall asleep.
The looks and behaviour of everybody they had seen were discussed, except of the person who had mostly engaged their attention.
This entertaining sight brought the people in crowds to laugh at it, till the Ass, not liking the noise nor the strange handling that he was subject to, broke the cords that bound him and, tumbling off the pole, fell into the river.
Not that I am afraid of _myself_, but I dread other people’s remarks.”
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