in the person of

phrase

1

: in the character of : as

Aid arrived in the person of my neighbor.

2

: in the place of : acting for

Examples of in the person of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It’s been a simple matter of the Russian method colliding with American possibility—in the person of a creative young athlete determined to explore the limits of his sport. — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026

The book also casts a gimlet eye at wealth and privilege in the person of Mortimer Cropper, the Randolph Ash scholar from New Mexico who uses his massive funding to monopolize all artifacts related to Ash. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025

Democrats have taken to using the f-word more and are looking for leadership, once again, in an 83-year-old socialist, Bernie Sanders, joined this time by a 35-year-old socialist sidekick, in the person of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. — The Editors, National Review, 29 Apr. 2025

Columbia, in the person of Katrina Armstrong, who was the acting president of the university at the time, said yes to the trio, that the school would obey the directives. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025

Fitz & Co, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, was there in the person of founder Sara Fitzmaurice. — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025

Especially since the leadership of the European Union, primarily in the person of Germany and France, is taking a very aggressive position at the moment. — David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025

The motivation could rather be based in the person of the perpetrator himself. — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2025

Thus began my lifelong affiliation with dogs, which continues to this day in the person of Charley, paradoxically named not for me but for a previous Charley dog who showed up halfway down a lineage of canine hereditary succession. — Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for in the person of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove