Definition of: person

(pûr′sən) noun
1. A human being as including body and mind; an individual.
2. The body of a human being or its characteristic appearance and condition.
3. Law Any human being, corporation, or body politic having legal rights and duties.
4. Theol. One of the three individualities in the triune God; hypostasis.
5. Gram. a A modification of the pronoun and verb that distinguishes the speaker (first person), the person or thing spoken to (second person), and the person or thing spoken of (third person). b Any of the forms or inflections indicating this, as I or we, you, he, she, it.
6. An individual.
7. Superciliously, a common individual.
8. A part acted on the stage.
—in person Present in the flesh; present and acting for oneself. [<F personne <L persona mask for actors. Doublet of PARSON.]