persons
/ˈpɜːsənz/ · noun
Meaning
- An individual; usually a human being.
- The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
- Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
- The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
- (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he or she is speaking. See grammatical person.
- 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.
- To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
- (gender-neutral) To man.
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