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Etymology

Etymology tree Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English -person person used in compounds.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Someone who is an expert in an area.
   • sportsperson
2. (morpheme) Someone who is employed or holds a position in an area.
   • spokesperson
3. (morpheme) Someone who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area.
   • superperson
4. (morpheme, nonstandard) Someone of a particular nationality. (More often, the separate noun "person" is used, e.g. "Norse person".)
   • I see a Scotsperson who will invent a voice machine that will enable a person far, far away to wake another in the dead of night to ask, “Is this the Couchiching Inn?” 2001, Jim Foster, Still Complaining, →ISBN, page 31:
   • Norseperson

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