Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - person

 noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~e, from Latin ~a actor's mask, character in a play, ~, probably from Etruscan phersu mask, from Greek prosopa, plural of prosopon face, mask — more at prosopopoeia  Date: 13th century  1. human, individual — sometimes used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds applicable to both sexes chair~ spokes~  2. a character or part in or as if in a play ; guise  3.  a. one of the three modes of being in the Trinitarian Godhead as understood by Christians  b. the unitary ~ality of Christ that unites the divine and human natures  4.  a. archaic bodily appearance  b. the body of a human being; also the body and clothing unlawful search of the ~  5. the ~ality of a human being ; self  6. one (as a human being, a partnership, or a corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties  7. reference of a segment of discourse to the speaker, to one spoken to, or to one spoken of as indicated by means of certain pronouns or in many languages by verb inflection  • ~hood noun