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first person

–noun
1. the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself or to a group including himself or herself, as I and we in English.
2. a form in the first person.

Origin:
1935–40
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first person  
n.  
  1. The grammatical category of forms that designate a speaker or writer referring to himself or herself. Examples of forms in the first person include English pronouns such as I and we and verb forms such as Spanish hablo "I speak."

  2. A discourse or literary style in which the narrator recounts his or her own experiences or impressions using such forms: a novel written in the first person.

  3. A perspective in a video or computer game that shows only what a character would see.

first'-per'son (fûrst'pûr'sən) adj.
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