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The following 5 entries include the term person of.
person of color
noun: a person whose skin pigmentation is other than and especially darker than what is considered characteristic of people typically defined as white (see white entry 1 sense 2a) : a person who is of a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) other than white or who is of mixed race
person of interest
noun phrase: a person who is believed to be possibly involved in a crime but has not been charged or arrested
person of incidence
: a person against whom a legal right may be enforced by another or upon whom a correlative duty falls
person of inherence
: a person having a legal right enforceable against another
in the person of
idiom—used to say that someone is the person who does something, provides something, etc.
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