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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
third person
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Because defamation law is concerned with reputation, a statement can be defamatory only if it is communicated to a third person.
▪ I mentioned earlier that the gender distinction in Arabic applies to the second as well as third person.
▪ I was angry to hear Steve talk about me in the third person.
▪ In our study of successful entrepreneurial partnerships, few remain successful when they are joined by a third person.
▪ It was like having a third person, an onlooker, in the room.
▪ She then tries to get as much as she can while a third person holds the mirror.
▪ Sometimes a third person would handle the lights and audio.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Third person

Third \Third\ (th[~e]rd), a. [OE. thirde, AS. [thorn]ridda, fr. [thorn]r[=i], [thorn]re['o], three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. [thorn]ri[eth]i, Goth. [thorn]ridja, L. tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t[.r]t[=i]ya. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]

  1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. ``The third night.''
    --Chaucer.

  2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. Third estate.

    1. In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons.

    2. In France, the tiers ['e]tat. See Tiers ['e]tat.

      Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1.

      Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7.

      Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n.,

Wiktionary
third person

n. 1 (&lit third person English) 2 (context linguistics with '''the''' English) The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience. 3 (context grammar English) the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include ''he'', ''she'', ''it'', ''one'', ''they'', and ''who''. 4 A form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person. 5 (context legal English) Someone not associated with a particular matter; a third party.

WordNet
third person

n. pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur

Wikipedia
Third person

Third person or third-person may refer to:

  • A type of grammatical person (in English, he, she, it and they)
    • Illeism, referring to oneself using this grammar ("in the third person")
  • Third-person narrative, a perspective in plays, storytelling, or movies
    • Third-person view, a point of view shot in film, television and video games by having the viewpoint outside any of the actors
      • Third-person shooter, a genre of 3D video games in which the character is seen onscreen at a distance from one or more possible angles
  • Third Person (film), a 2013 film
  • Third Person (band), a 1990s musical trio formed in New York City
Third Person (band)

Third Person was an improvising trio formed in 1990 in New York City, led by cellist Tom Cora and drummer Samm Bennett. Each performance featured an invited guest: A third person. Guests included guitarist Marc Ribot, harpist Zeena Parkins, clarinet player Don Byron and saxophone players George Cartwright and Kazutoki Umezu and many others.

The trio's music was entirely improvised, but typically quite melodic, and even funky.

With Cora's death in 1998, Third Person effectively dissolved.

Third Person (film)

Third Person is a 2013 British-German-American romance film directed and written by Paul Haggis and starring Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Olivia Wilde, James Franco, Moran Atias, Kim Basinger, and Maria Bello. The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival.