SINCE 1828
second person
nounDefinition of second person
1a
: a set of linguistic forms (such as verb forms, pronouns, and inflectional affixes) referring to the person or thing addressed in the utterance in which they occur
b
: a linguistic form belonging to such a set
2
: reference of a linguistic form to the person or thing addressed in the utterance in which it occurs
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