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Definition person in British English

person noun

[countable] noun
/ˈpɜː(r)s(ə)n/

The usual plural form of person is people (not persons), and this is used in all ordinary contexts:

✗ Children imitate persons and situations they see on television.

✓ Children imitate people and situations they see on television.

✗ My neighbour is one of the nosiest persons I know.

✓ My neighbour is one of the nosiest people I know.

The form persons is used only in specialized contexts, especially in laws and legal documents, police reports, and public notices:

The coroner’s verdict was murder by a person or persons unknown.

1

an individual human, usually an adult. The plural is people, but in formal or official language the form persons is used

Example

Rooms cost £20 per person.

Example

She's the type of person who always offers to wash up after a party.

Example

Every single person in the room stopped talking.

Example

Some people hate camping.

Example

elderly/eligible/unemployed persons

Synonyms and related words
person people human
1.1

used for saying that someone likes a particular thing or activity

Example

Janet has always been a bit of an outdoor person.

Example

I don't like takeaways. I'm not a fast food person.

Synonyms and related words
aesthete a good/bad mixer amateur
1.2

used when you do not know who did something

Example

Some stupid person left the cooker on all night.

Example

He has been charged with supplying heroin to persons unknown.

Synonyms and related words
person people human
2

your body, or the clothes that you are wearing

Example

His person had been searched without legal authority.

Example

She always carried a small pair of scissors about her person.

Synonyms and related words
somatic body anatomy
Definition person in British English

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