noun [sing.]
1 (grammar) a set of pronouns and verb forms used by a speaker to refer to other people and things:
'They are' is the third person plural of the verb 'to be'.
2 a way of writing a novel, etc. as the experience of sb else, using third person forms:
a book written in the third person
compareTHEFIRSTPERSON, THESECONDPERSON
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of the third person come from?
This entry for the third person is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does the third person appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — the third person appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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