third person

noun third persons · 3rd person · IIIrd person

1. countable, uncountable, with definite article The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience. In English, the third person consists of pronouns such as he, she, it, and they, verbs such as is and has, and most nouns.
2. countable, uncountable the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who. “Is” is the third-person singular of “to be”.
3. countable, uncountable A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.
4. countable, uncountable A form of video game in which the graphical view depicts the player character, rather than the view through the character's eyes.
5. countable, uncountable Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party. The plaintiffs here are third persons, and cannot be made responsible for the inadequate judgment or the improper exercise of power by the defendant's wife.
6. countable, uncountable Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, person.