| person | |
| 1. n. An individual; usually a human being. | |
| Each person is unique, both mentally and physically. | |
| 2. n. 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 represent | |
| 3. n. (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. | |
| 4. n. (chiefly in science fiction) Any sentient or socially intelligent being. | |
| 5. n. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing). | |
| Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats. | |
| 6. n. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc. | |
| 7. n. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts. | |
| At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person. | |
| 8. n. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis. | |
| 9. n. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person. | |
| 10. n. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. | |
| 11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man. | |
