"little person" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: little people [plural], little persons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|little people|s}} little person (plural little people or little persons)
  1. (euphemistic) A person with dwarfism, or short stature resulting from a medical condition. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Disability, Stock characters Related terms: little folk, smallfolk Translations (euphemistic term for a person with dwarfism — see also dwarf): petite personne (French), personne de petite taille [feminine] (French), Kleinwüchsiger [masculine] (German), Kleinwüchsige [feminine] (German), osoba niskorosła (Polish), kortväxt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-little_person-en-noun-~f08j5gI Disambiguation of Disability: 55 35 10 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 55 41 4 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 27 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 79 16 5 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 75 18 7 Disambiguation of 'euphemistic term for a person with dwarfism — see also dwarf': 78 6 16
  2. (fantasy) A small magical humanoid creature, such as an elf, leprechaun, or fairy. Categories (topical): Fantasy, People Synonyms: small person Translations (small magical humanoid): ᏴᏫ ᏧᎾᏍᏗᎢ (yvwi tsunasdii) (Cherokee), kääpiö (Finnish), Gnom [masculine] (German), Männchen [masculine, plural, singular] (German), Wicht [masculine] (German), småfolk [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-little_person-en-noun-4sH3SMsB Disambiguation of People: 36 64 0 Topics: fantasy Disambiguation of 'small magical humanoid': 3 97 1
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, person.
    Sense id: en-little_person-en-noun-5yOik8E1

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