first person

[furst pur-suhn]

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.

first person

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of first person¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

"However, I'm the first person for cover when there is an absence, meaning I've had six full days of learning support since August," she says.

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The first person inside AIG FP to awaken to the madness of his firm’s behavior, and sound an alarm, was not Tom Fewings, who quickly forgot his meeting with Lippmann, but Gene Park.

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Then, as he completed the orbit, he became the first person ever to see a second sunrise on the same day.

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She was the first woman to be named speaker of the House in 2007, and then took back that role in 2019, making her the first person to do so in more than 60 years.

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Dylan Earl, 21, is set to become the first person to be sentenced under the new National Security Act, which carries a maximum term of life in prison.

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