English Dictionary

person

/ˈpɜːsən/

noun

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.

The person sitting next to me is my best friend.

意味（1）

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.

[…]his firſt appearance vpon the Stage, in his new perſon of a Sycophant or Iugler[…]

意味（2）

(Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.

three persons and one God

意味（3）

(chiefly in science fiction) Any sentient or socially intelligent being.

意味（4）

(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.

意味（5）

(in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).

意味（6）

(in a compound noun or noun phrase) A worker in a specified function or specialty.

I was able to speak to a technical support person and get the problem solved.

意味（7）

The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.

[…]when the young Ladies laughed at her for it, ſhe replied that it was not his perſon that ſhe did embrace and reverence, but the divine beauty of his Soule.

意味（8）

(law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.

At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.

意味（9）

(law, euphemistic) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.

[E]very Person wilfully, openly, lewdly, and obscenely exposing his Person in any Street, Road, or public Highway, or in the View thereof, or in any Place of public Resort, with Intent to insult any Female ... and being subsequently convicted of the Offence for which he or she shall have been so apprehended, shall be deemed a Rogue and Vagabond, within the true Intent and Meaning of this Act ...

意味（10）

(grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person.

意味（11）

(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.

True corms, composed of united personae […] usually arise by gemmation, […] yet in sponges and corals occasionally by fusion of several originally distinct persons.