third person

[ thurd pur-suhn ]

noun

1. the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one third person singular or ones third person plural being addressed.
2. a pronoun or verb form in the third person, as she or goes in English, or a set of such forms.

third person

noun

1. a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used when referring to objects or individuals other than the speaker or his addressee(s)

Word History and Origins

Origin of third person¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

Plath writes in the kind of third-person interior monologue she often used for her short stories and early fiction.

From The Daily Beast

They got that, but they got it colored by a distancing, third-person narrative and bouts of self-justification.

From The Daily Beast

All of Abrahams' work, even his novels for kids, features third-person narration.

From The Daily Beast

The third-person formula may be used, but there must be a certain warmth in the note to avoid any semblance of indifference.

From Project Gutenberg