Definition of first person

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first person

NOUN:

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."
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.

OTHER FORMS:
first-person (fûrst

pûr

n) KEY (Adjective)

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