second person
Americannoun
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the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to the one second person singular or ones second person plural being spoken to.
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a pronoun or verb form in the second person, as the pronoun you in English, or a set of such forms.
noun
Etymology
Origin of second person
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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He was accompanied by a second person, who took flight when officers arrived to arrest the pair.
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
The form for the second person on the list bore the initials of a member of her staff, who’d helped the man register — at his naturalization ceremony.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026
A second person in the vehicle was also badly hurt in the crash, which happened in the early hours of 3 October last year in Tottenham, north London.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Page is only the second person to have ever lived in Banyan Ridge, which was built in 2008, six years after Lewis purchased the land for $1.8 million.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
“As soon as I turn eighteen, you’re going to be the second person I fire.”
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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