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first person

 
Dictionary: first person   (fûrst'pûr'sən) adj.

n.
  1. The grammatical category of forms that designate a speaker or writer referring to himself or herself. Examples of forms in the first person include English pronouns such as I and we and verb forms such as Spanish hablo "I speak."
  2. A discourse or literary style in which the narrator recounts his or her own experiences or impressions using such forms: a novel written in the first person.
  3. A perspective in a video or computer game that shows only what a character would see.
first-person first'-per'son
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur


 
 

 

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