third person
Americannoun
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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.
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a pronoun or verb form in the third person, as she or goes in English, or a set of such forms.
noun
Etymology
Origin of third person
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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A third person was on a US K-1 visa - for fiancées of American citizens - the US official said.
From BBC
Two others were airlifted to hospitals in Stoke and Aintree with serious injuries, while a third person was taken by ambulance to Aintree.
From BBC
A criminal investigation has reportedly been opened against a former official who had been in charge of safety checks of the bar, making him the third person charged, after the bar's owners, a French couple.
From Barron's
Police took two suspects into custody but a third person was still outstanding as of 9 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times
Chilean police announced on Thursday the arrest of a third person in the country's wildfire-ravaged south who they said was deliberately trying to start a fire.
From Barron's
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