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-person definition

-person (pʉr′sən)

person of either sex in a (specified) activity, of a (specified) kind, etc.: sometimes used in compounds to avoid the masculine implication of -man: pl. form -people or -persons

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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