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First person

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Noun
  1. 1
    Forms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur. countable, uncountable

    ""Am" is the first person singular of "to be"."

  2. 2
    pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur wordnet
  3. 3
    A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Calque of Latin prīma persōna, itself a calque of Ancient Greek πρῶτον πρόσωπον (prôton prósōpon).

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