unperson

un·per·son

[uhn-pur-suhn]
noun
1.
a public figure, especially in a totalitarian country, who, for political or ideological reasons, is not recognized or mentioned in government publications or records or in the news media.
2.
a person accorded no recognition or consideration by another or by a specific group.

Origin:
un-1 + person; introduced in George Orwell's novel 1984 (1949)

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unperson (ˈʌnpɜːsən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a person whose existence is officially denied or ignored

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Unperson is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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