person

Forms

1.An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
- No man can long put on a person and act a part.
- Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.
- Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.
2.The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
- At first blush it seemed that what was striking about him rested on the fact that his dress was exotic, his person foreign.
- The Captain, inclining his military person, sat sideways to be closer and kinder[…].
3.Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
- At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
4.The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
- I want to be an honest person.
- I think that Tom is a good person.
- Tom isn't really such a bad person.

1.To man, to supply with staff or crew.
- We had hit the iceberg, and it was time to person the lifeboats.
- And I sat at the counter and watched the cooker cat personning the griddle with one hand and the grill with the other.
- In fact, so inebriated were they that they could barely move, and, neither nest nor wheel being personned, the ship was as usual careening wildly across the main.

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Etymology tree

Latin persōna

Anglo-Norman persouneder.

Middle English persoun

English person