Meaning of the word persons in English

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persons

Noun

a human being regarded as an individual.

Example:

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the porter was the last person to see her

Synonym:

human being individual human being soul mortal creature fellow figure personage character type sort beggar cookie customer critter bunny fella bloke chap bod geezer gent guy gal dude hombre body dog cove dame wight sod bugger

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 ).

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