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
From the library
Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I’ll come up: if not, I’ll stay down here till I’m somebody else’—but, oh dear!” cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, “I do wish they _would_ put their heads down!
“Come, there’s no use in crying like that!” said Alice to herself, rather sharply; “I advise you to leave off this minute!” She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.
“But it’s no use now,” thought poor Alice, “to pretend to be two people!
Why, there’s hardly enough of me left to make _one_ respectable person!”
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