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   Per·son

   /ˈpərs(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a human being regarded as an individual: "the porter was the last person to see her"
   • ▪ used in legal or formal contexts to refer to an unspecified individual: "the entrance fee is $10.00 per person"
   • ▪ an individual characterized by a preference or liking for a specified thing: "she's not a cat person"
   • ▪ a character in a play or story: "his previous roles in the person of a fallible cop"
   • ▪ an individual's body: "I have publicity photographs on my person at all times"
   • 2. a category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms, according to whether they indicate the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), or a third party (third person).
   • 3. each of the three modes of being of God, namely the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit, who together constitute the Trinity.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What is the difference between people and people?

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