The words person and people are not related etymologically. Person comes from Latin persona, meaning "actor's mask; character in a play; person," while people comes from Latin populus, …

Personhood is the status of being a person. Defining personhood is a controversial topic in philosophy and law, and is closely tied to legal and political concepts of citizenship, equality, and liberty.

A human being is called a person, and while this applies to an actual individual, it also, in grammar, means the type of person — first person being "I/me," second person being "you," and third person …

The first person ("I" or "we") refers to the person speaking, the second person ("you") refers to the person being spoken to and the third person ("he," "she," "it," or "they") refers to another person or …

Any of three groups of pronoun forms with corresponding verb inflections that distinguish the speaker (first person), the individual addressed (second person), and the individual or thing spoken of (third …

A human being is called a person, and while this applies to an actual individual, it also, in grammar, means the type of person — first person being "I/me," second person being "you," and third person …

A person is an individual human being. At least one person died and several others were injured. Everyone knows he's the only person who can do the job. My great-grandfather was a person of …

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Person definition: A living human. Often used in combination.

"an individual, a human being," from Old French persone "human being, anyone, person"… See origin and meaning of person.