Tra từ person - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

per·son [person persons people] BrE [ˈpɜːsn] NAmE [ˈpɜːrsn] noun (pl. peopleBrE [ˈpiːpl] ; NAmE [ˈpiːpl] or, especially in formal use, per·sons)
1. a human as an individual
• What sort of person would do a thing like that?
• He's a fascinating person.
•What is she like as a person?
•He's just the person we need for the job.
•I had a letter from the people who used to live next door.
•I'm not really a city person (= I don't really like cities).
see also ↑people person Use everyone or everybody instead of ‘all people’.
2. (formal or disapproving)a human, especially one who is not identified
• A certain person (= somebody that I do not wish to name) told me about it.
• The price is $40 per person.
•This vehicle is licensed to carry 4 persons. (= in a notice)
• (law)The verdict was murder by a person or persons unknown.
see also ↑VIP
3. -person (in compounds)a person working in the area of business mentioned; a person concerned with the thing mentioned
•a salesperson
•a spokesperson
4. (grammar)any of the three classes of personal pronouns. The first person (I/we) refers to the person(s) speaking; the second person (you) refers to the person(s) spoken to; the third person (he/she/it/they) refers to the person(s) or thing(s) spoken about.
more at be no respecter of persons at ↑respecter
Idioms: ↑in person ▪ ↑in the person of somebody ▪ ↑on your person

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’.

Thesaurus:
person noun C
•The price is $40 per person.
individual • • human • • human being • • figure • • soul • • character • |informal type • |spoken thing • |humorous mortal •
a/an average/normal/ordinary person/individual/human/human being/mortal
a/an key/powerful/independent person/individual/figure
the person/individual concerned/responsible

Example Bank:
•Can I speak to the person in charge, please?
•Help arrived in the person of my brother.
•Help arrived in the person of our next-door neighbour.
•I'm not a religious person.
•Police think they have found the person responsible for the muggings.
•Robbie did what any other sane person would do in this situation.
•She appeared in person to collect her prize.
•She is a warm but very private person.
•She's the right person for the job.
•The disciplinary panel will notify the person concerned of its findings.
•The police now realize that they had the wrong person.
•The virus is spread from person to person.
•What's she like as a person?
•a mentally ill person
•a person from Vietnam
•a person from the same family as Gina
•an openly gay person working in business
•the imprisonment of an innocent person
•to file a missing persons report
•A certain person told me about it.
•He's a fascinating person.
•He's just the person we need for the job.
•It's easy to send an email to the wrong person by accident.
•This vehicle is licensed to carry 4 persons.