first person

American  

[furst pur-suhn] / ˈfɜrst ˈpɜr sən /

noun

1. the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to the speaker's own self first person singular or to a group including the speaker first person plural.

2. a pronoun or verb form in the first person, as I or am in English, or a set of such forms.

3. a literary style in which the narrative is told from the perspective of a narrator speaking directly.

   The story is written in the first person.

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first person British  

noun

1. a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used by the speaker to refer to or talk about himself or herself, either alone ( first person singular ) or together with others ( first person plural )

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Etymology

Origin of first person

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

He is also the first person in the top job who has run one of the company’s individual theme parks and worked overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal

He became the first person to be charged with XL Bully-related offences when Martin was killed, just two days after the laws were imposed.

From BBC

The inquest into the death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe has heard from the first person to call the police out to the area where he was later found.

From BBC

And if the first person who decided to become the Spirit of the Sea found her way up here, then maybe someone else will in the future.

From Literature

And so he was the first person that I approached and that came on board.

From Los Angeles Times