Synonyms for persons
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pur-suh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr sən |
Top 10 synonyms for persons Other synonyms for the word persons
Définition of persons
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French persone "human being, anyone, person" (12c., Modern French personne) and directly from Latin persona "human being, person, personage; a part in a drama, assumed character," originally "mask, false face," such as those of wood or clay worn by the actors in later Roman theater. OED offers the general 19c. explanation of persona as "related to" Latin personare "to sound through" (i.e. the mask as something spoken through and perhaps amplifying the voice), "but the long o makes a difficulty ...." Klein and Barnhart say it is possibly borrowed from Etruscan phersu "mask." Klein goes on to say this is ultimately of Greek origin and compares Persephone.
- Of corporate entities from mid-15c. The use of -person to replace -man in compounds and avoid alleged sexist connotations is first recorded 1971 (in chairperson). In person "by bodily presence" is from 1560s. Person-to-person first recorded 1919, originally of telephone calls.
- noun human being
- Persons of every class are crowded together, here, in one dense mass.
- Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
- No fewer than 12,000 persons had perished in the sandjak of Philippopolis!
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- All persons who will not join you you will take prisoners and bring to me.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- What is to be done with persons who will only see what pleases them?
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- A thing which Dirk hated, in common with all persons of his class.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- They have a distinctive flavor that is agreeable to most persons.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- It is this oil that causes bananas to disagree with some persons.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Most persons hasten to deny this truth in its application to themselves.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- This commandment forbids us to kill or injure other persons or ourselves.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- We cannot understand or explain how God can be three Persons and yet only one God.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
Antonyms for persons
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