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

The latest war of words started on last year's Drake and J Cole collaboration First Person Shooter, where the "big three" claim originated.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2024

Mr. Kapper’s hobby drones — known as First Person View for the images streamed live to a pilot’s goggles, are at the opposite end of the spectrum from fighter planes.

From New York Times • May 10, 2022

That was until Gervant First Person, a 2021 mod that blows all previous attempts at converting The Witcher 3 into a first-person RPG out of the water.

From The Verge • Apr. 6, 2022

In First Person, would-be novelist Kif finds himself embarking on the ghostwriting job from hell.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2017

‘Old Mr. John Bowman, the player, told me that Mrs. Behn was the First Person he ever knew or heard of who made the Liquor call’d Milk Punch.’

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Summers, Montague