Added 3 October 2026
person
/ˈpɜː.sən/ noun
In Latin: homo Wiktionary
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An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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.
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Origin
From Middle English persoun, personne et al., from Anglo-Norman parsone, persoun et al. (Old French persone (“human being”), French personne), and its source Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”). In this sense, displaced native man, which came to mean primarily "adult male" in Middle English; see Old English mann. Displaced native Old English hād (“person, individual”). Doublet of parson and persona.
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