third person

[ thurd pur-suhn ]

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noun

the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one third person singular or ones third person plural being addressed.
a pronoun or verb form in the third person, as she or goes in English, or a set of such forms.

third person

noun

a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used when referring to objects or individuals other than the speaker or his addressee(s)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of third person¹

First recorded in 1580–90

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This week, the program lost its executive producer, Bill Owens, only the third person to hold the job in the show’s storied history.

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During that incident, which was reported around 4:15 a.m., two men in a blue truck pulled up alongside a third person while he was sitting in his vehicle and opened fire, authorities said.

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A third person was also stabbed, according to police.

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The child is likely the third person to die of measles as the outbreak has extended to neighbouring states.

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Told in a close third person, the novel’s atmosphere mimics the charged pace of modern life.

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