- a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used when referring to objects or individuals other than the speaker or his or her addressee(s)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈthird ˈper•son, n. [countable;
usually singular;
usually: the + ~]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026usually singular;
usually: the + ~]
- Grammarthe grammatical form used when a speaker refers to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one or ones being spoken to:The pronouns he, she, it, and they are in the third person.
third′ per′son, [Gram.]
- Grammarthe person that is used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anything or to anyone other than the speaker or the one or ones being addressed.
- Grammara linguistic form or the group of linguistic forms referring to this grammatical person, as certain verb forms, pronouns, etc.:"He goes'' contains a pronoun and a verb form in the third person.
- Grammarin or referring to such a grammatical person or linguistic form:"He,'' "she,'' "it,'' and "they'' are third person pronouns, singular and plural, nominative case.
- 1580–90
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third person n
'third person' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-eth
- fourth
- gooseberry
- Holy Spirit
- principal parts
- publication
- quoth
- -s
- alienation of affections
- BC
- blind date
- common
- escrow
- eth
- Holy Ghost
- impersonal
- note verbale
- person
- unipersonal
- S, s
- spirit
- supraprotest