name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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noun
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
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noun
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
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.
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noun
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
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Topics: Christianity
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noun
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
Any sapient or socially intelligent being.
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noun
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
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noun
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).
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noun
An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
A worker in a specified function or specialty.
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noun
The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
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noun
Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
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Topics: law
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noun
The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
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Usage: euphemistic
Topics: law
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noun
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.
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Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
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.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
A soulmate; someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally compatible and connected.
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verb
To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To man, to supply with staff or crew.
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Usage: gender-neutral, transitive
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noun
a human being
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
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Broader terms: organism, being, causal agent, cause, causal agency
Narrower terms: self, adult, grownup, adventurer, venturer, anomaly, unusual person, applicant, applier, appointee, appointment, capitalist, captor, capturer, changer, modifier, color-blind person, commoner, common man, common person, communicator, contestant, coward, creator, disputant, controversialist, eristic, engineer, applied scientist, technologist, entertainer, experimenter, expert, face, female, female person, individualist, inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller, native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal, innocent, inexperienced person, intellectual, intellect, juvenile, juvenile person, lover, loved one, leader, male, male person, money handler, money dealer, national, subject, nonreligious person, nonworker, peer, equal, match, compeer, perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder, percher, precursor, forerunner, primitive, primitive person, religious person, sensualist, traveler, traveller, unfortunate, unfortunate person, unwelcome person, persona non grata, unskilled person, worker, African, person of color, person of colour, Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, White, White person, Caucasian, Amerindian, Native American, Slav, gentile, Jew, Hebrew, Israelite, Aries, Ram, Taurus, Bull, Gemini, Twin, Cancer, Crab, Leo, Lion, Virgo, Virgin, Libra, Balance, Scorpio, Scorpion, Sagittarius, Archer, Capricorn, Goat, Aquarius, Water Bearer, Pisces, Fish, abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker, achiever, winner, success, succeeder, acquaintance, friend, acquirer, active, actor, doer, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister, advisee, advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent, affiant, agnostic, doubter, amateur, ancient, anti, anti-American, apprehender, appreciator, archaist, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, boomer, baby buster, buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, baldpate, baldy, balker, baulker, noncompliant, bullfighter, toreador, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, bereaved person, best, topper, birth, biter, blogger, blond, blonde, bluecoat, bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman, bomber, brunet, brunette, candidate, prospect, case, cashier, celebrant, celebrator, celebrater, censor, chameleon, charmer, beguiler, child, baby, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, collector, aggregator, combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, convert, copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper, counter, counterterrorist, crawler, creeper, creature, wight, creditor, cripple, dancer, social dancer, dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed, deaf person, debaser, degrader, debtor, debitor, defecator, voider, shitter, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, discriminator, disentangler, unraveler, unraveller, dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, divider, domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent, double, image, look-alike, dresser, dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler, drug user, substance abuser, user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, effector, Elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, enjoyer, enrollee, ethnic, explorer, extrovert, extravert, faddist, faller, fastener, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, free agent, free spirit, freewheeler, fugitive, runaway, fleer, gainer, weight gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, saluter, welcomer, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight, homosexual, homophile, homo, gay, homunculus, hope, hoper, huddler, hugger, immune, insured, insured person, interpreter, introvert, Jat, jewel, gem, jumper, junior, killer, slayer, relative, relation, kink, kneeler, knocker, knower, large person, Latin, laugher, learner, scholar, assimilator, left-hander, lefty, southpaw, life, lightning rod, linguist, polyglot, literate, literate person, liver, longer, thirster, yearner, loose cannon, machine, mailer, malcontent, man, manipulator, man jack, married, masturbator, onanist, measurer, nonmember, mesomorph, mestizo, ladino, middlebrow, miracle man, miracle worker, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, mutilator, maimer, mangler, namer, namesake, neglecter, neighbor, neighbour, neutral, nondescript, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonpartizan, nonperson, unperson, nonresident, nonsmoker, nude, nude person, nurser, occultist, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ouster, ejector, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, possessor, pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler, pansexual, pardoner, forgiver, excuser, partner, party, passer, personage, personification, perspirer, sweater, philosopher, picker, chooser, selector, pisser, urinator, planner, contriver, deviser, player, posturer, powderer, preserver, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, rectifier, redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop, registrant, reliever, allayer, comforter, repeater, rescuer, recoverer, saver, rester, restrainer, controller, revenant, rich person, wealthy person, have, right-hander, right hander, righthander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, swayer, rusher, scientist, scratcher, second-rater, mediocrity, seeder, cloud seeder, seeker, searcher, quester, segregate, sentimentalist, romanticist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, mover and shaker, showman, signer, signatory, simpleton, simple, six-footer, skidder, slider, slipper, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, sniveler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, socialiser, sort, sounding board, sphinx, spitter, expectorator, sport, sprawler, spurner, squinter, squint-eye, stifler, smotherer, stigmatic, stigmatist, stooper, stranger, struggler, guinea pig, supernumerary, surrenderer, yielder, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tapper, tempter, termer, terror, scourge, threat, testator, testate, thin person, skin and bones, scrag, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transferee, transsexual, transexual, transvestite, cross-dresser, trier, attempter, essayer, turner, tyrant, undoer, opener, unfastener, untier, vanisher, victim, dupe, Victorian, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, wanter, needer, ward, warrior, watcher, weakling, doormat, wuss, weasel, wiggler, wriggler, squirmer, winker, withholder, witness, worldling, yawner
noun
a human body (usually including the clothing)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
noun
a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: grammatical category, syntactic category
Narrower terms: first person, second person, third person
History
Etymology tree Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person From Middle English persoun, personne et al., from Anglo-Norman parsone, persoun et al. (Old French persone (“human being”), French personne), and its source Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”). In this sense, displaced native man, which came to mean primarily "adult male" in Middle English; see Old English mann. Doublet of parson and persona.
Across languages
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