Definitions for persons
per·sons

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. personsnoun

   ; used to refer to them individually, rather than as a group. Contrast people.

   Which persons are responsible for this mess?

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Persons

   Persons as individuals (e.g., ABORTION APPLICANTS) or as members of a group (e.g., HISPANIC AMERICANS). It is not used for members of the various professions (e.g., PHYSICIANS) or occupations (e.g., LIBRARIANS) for which OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS is available.

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1. persons

   Plural form of the word person.

   Any persons who choose to eat in our restaurant are welcome to bring their children.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 18, 2016  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PERSONS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Persons is ranked #9064 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Persons surname appeared 3,606 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Persons.
   
   85.1% or 3,069 total occurrences were White.
   8.5% or 308 total occurrences were Black.
   2.6% or 97 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 86 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 35 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'persons' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2538

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'persons' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4098

Anagrams for persons »

1. press on

2. spreons

How to pronounce persons?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say persons in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of persons in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of persons in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of persons in a Sentence

1. Vashawnda McLean:

   Someone went through great lengths in this case, we believe, to stage an accidental drowning, it is clear that the person or persons involved had an intimate relationship with Edith Sax, that they knew intricacies concerning the home and her schedule.

2. Jack Rakove:

   The 3/5 clause was always seen as a concession to the slave states, not some kind of punishment or restriction. Slaves were not citizens or legal persons in any sense of the term ; they would never enjoy political representation in any form.

3. Daniel Tierney:

   The Governor is not in an official quarantine but is limiting The Governor interactions with persons outside The Governor household, just as The Governor has the last five months.

4. Sani Datti:

   So far seven persons lost their lives and 20 persons were injured in the bomb blast that occurred in Malkohi Internally Displaced Persons camp.

5. Frederic Bastiat:

   But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Persons
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html