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. South Sudan President Salva Kiir:

   I have signed the peace agreement, but the implementation of this peace comes with challenges and high cost, we have the challenges of repatriation and rehabilitation of internally displaced persons and returnees.

2. H.L. Mencken:

   A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

3. Dean Keak Tegn:

   No freedom at all when we give birth to lie. No freedom at all when we hurt other persons' rights. No freedom at all when the leader listens to gossiping. At last, we cannot walk or work because we're free for nothing.

4. Eugene Taylor Sutton:

   When Im talking for reparations, Im talking about those left behind, but Im actually talking to my white brothers and sisters, you need this more than we do. You need this for your soul. You need this to be able to look black persons in the eye and say, I acknowledge the mistake, and I want to be part of the solution to repair that damage.

5. Nicholas Audsley:

   I would like to be a valuable person, more than anything. I would judge a persons value by how prepared they are to give what they have to others. I feel a responsibility to keep open to the opportunities for change in my lifetime, and not to waste time by becoming fixated with my own identity and worth.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

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