"fourth person" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Grammar",
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            "Sciences",
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      "glosses": [
        "A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one, as in one shouldn't do that."
      ],
      "id": "en-fourth_person-en-noun-VmVHWTHI",
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          "third person",
          "third person"
        ],
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          "indefinite",
          "indefinite"
        ],
        [
          "referent",
          "referent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one, as in one shouldn't do that."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The man saw the dog as he was leaving. (if he is the third person, or proximate, it refers to the man; if he is the fourth person, or obviative, it refers to the dog)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grammatical person in some languages distinct from first, second, and third persons, semantically translated by one of them in English. For example, in Ojibwe, it is a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person."
      ],
      "id": "en-fourth_person-en-noun-NCnkJBBv",
      "links": [
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          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "grammatical person",
          "grammatical person"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first person"
        ],
        [
          "second",
          "second person"
        ],
        [
          "third person",
          "third person"
        ],
        [
          "Ojibwe",
          "Ojibwe"
        ],
        [
          "obviative",
          "obviative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) grammatical person in some languages distinct from first, second, and third persons, semantically translated by one of them in English. For example, in Ojibwe, it is a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "word": "obviative"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vierde persoon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "word": "quatrième personne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cuarta persoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "meotxe ṗiri",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "word": "მეოთხე პირი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yoninshō",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "word": "四人称"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "quarta pessoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "četvjórtoje licó",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "word": "четвёртое лицо́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cuarta persona"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fjärde person"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
          "word": "ngôi thứ tư"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fourth person"
}

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    {
      "word": "proximate"
    }
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
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  "head_templates": [
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      },
      "expansion": "fourth person (uncountable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one, as in one shouldn't do that."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "third person",
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          "indefinite",
          "indefinite"
        ],
        [
          "referent",
          "referent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one, as in one shouldn't do that."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The man saw the dog as he was leaving. (if he is the third person, or proximate, it refers to the man; if he is the fourth person, or obviative, it refers to the dog)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grammatical person in some languages distinct from first, second, and third persons, semantically translated by one of them in English. For example, in Ojibwe, it is a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "grammatical person",
          "grammatical person"
        ],
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          "first",
          "first person"
        ],
        [
          "second",
          "second person"
        ],
        [
          "third person",
          "third person"
        ],
        [
          "Ojibwe",
          "Ojibwe"
        ],
        [
          "obviative",
          "obviative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) grammatical person in some languages distinct from first, second, and third persons, semantically translated by one of them in English. For example, in Ojibwe, it is a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "obviative"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vierde persoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "word": "quatrième personne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuarta persoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "meotxe ṗiri",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "word": "მეოთხე პირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yoninshō",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "word": "四人称"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quarta pessoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "četvjórtoje licó",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "word": "четвёртое лицо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuarta persona"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fjärde person"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "person distinct from first, second, and third persons",
      "word": "ngôi thứ tư"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fourth person"
}