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Word: Person
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’
ˈpəːsn
a human being regarded as an individual
Short Definition:human being regarded as individual
Examples:- the porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance
- she is a person of astonishing energy
a category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms, according to whether they indicate the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), or a third party (third person).
Short Definition:category in classification of verbs
each of the three modes of being of God, namely the Father, the Son, or the Holy Ghost, who together constitute the Trinity.
Short Definition:mode of being of God
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