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second person

[sek-uhnd pur-suhn]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a pronoun or verb form in the second person, as the pronoun you in English, or a set of such forms.



second person

noun

  1. a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used when referring to or describing the individual or individuals being addressed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of second person1

First recorded in 1665–75
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While the plane was waiting on the tarmac of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, a second person was removed from the flight for "unruly behaviour", authorities said.

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A second person, who allegedly knew the customer taking part in the private sale, entered the store and pepper-sprayed the owner, according to police.

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A second person, a 38-year-old man, was taken to a hospital in the incident, Los Angeles Fire Department Spokesperson Margaret Stewart said.

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Two people were taken to the hospital where one was listed in critical condition and the second person — described as a woman in her 30s — was pronounced dead, police said.

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She is the second person to be identified through Operation Identify Me - a campaign launched by global policing agency Interpol to find the names of dozens of unidentified women found dead in Europe.

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