in the person of
idiom
formal
—used to say that someone is the person who does something, provides something, etc.
Relief during the blackout arrived in the person of my brother, who brought flashlights and candles.
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Over the past 20 years, a fashion for aggrieved and confrontational behavior has migrated out of reality television into the wider entertainment and business worlds, and also into politics, in the person of Donald Trump.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024
The actors had a formidable fighter in their corner in the person of SAG president Ronald Reagan, the former Warner Bros. star who had downsized into television and, since 1953, had served as host of CBS’ anthology series General Electric Theater.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024
The actors had a formidable fighter in their corner in the person of SAG president Ronald Reagan, the former Warner Bros. star who had downsized into television and, since 1953, had served as host of CBS’ anthology series General Electric Theater.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
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“In the person of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20person%20of. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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