noun, Law.
See under (def 12).
[pur-suh n] /ˈpɜr sən/
a human being, whether an adult or child:
The table seats four persons.
a human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing.
I’ve never been a cat person.
Philosophy. a self-conscious or rational being.
the actual self or individual of a human being:
He had no money on his person.
the body in its external aspect:
an attractive person to look at.
an individual of distinction or importance.
a person not entitled to social recognition or respect.
be one’s own person, to be free from restrictions, control, or dictatorial influence:
Now that she’s working, she feels that she’s her own person.
in person, in one’s own bodily presence; personally:
Applicants are requested to apply in person.
noun (pl) persons
an individual human being
(archaic) a character or role; guise
in person



Of corporate entities from mid-15c. The use of -person to replace -man in compounds and avoid alleged sexist connotations is first recorded 1971 (in chairperson). In person “by bodily presence” is from 1560s. Person-to-person first recorded 1919, originally of telephone calls.

person per·son (pûr’sən)


first person singular: I walk.
second person singular: you walk.
third person singular: he/she/it walks.
first person plural: we walk.
second person plural: you walk.
third person plural: they walk.

In addition to the idiom beginning with


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