"missing person" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: missing persons [plural], missing people [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|missing people}} missing person (plural missing persons or missing people)
  1. A person whose whereabouts are unknown and who is being sought. Categories (topical): People Translations (person whose whereabouts are unknown): անհետ կորած (anhet korac) (Armenian), itkin (Azerbaijani), 失蹤人員 (Chinese Mandarin), 失踪人员 (shīzōng rényuán) (Chinese Mandarin), pohřešovaný (Czech), vermiste persoon [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kadonnut (Finnish), personne disparue [feminine] (French), disparu [masculine] (French), Vermisster [masculine] (German), αγνοούμενος (agnooúmenos) [masculine] (Greek), αγνοούμενη (agnooúmeni) [feminine] (Greek), duine ar iarraidh [masculine] (Irish), persone scomparse [feminine] (Italian), 行方不明者 (yukue fumeisha) (alt: ゆくえふめいしゃ) (Japanese), osoba zaginiona (Polish), desaparecido [masculine] (Portuguese), pessoa desaparecida (Portuguese), пропа́вший бе́з вести (propávšij béz vesti) [masculine] (Russian), persona desaparecida (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "code": "ga",
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      "roman": "anhet korac",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "word": "անհետ կորած"
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      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "word": "kadonnut"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "disparu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vermisster"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agnooúmenos",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αγνοούμενος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agnooúmeni",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αγνοούμενη"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duine ar iarraidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persone scomparse"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆくえふめいしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yukue fumeisha",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "word": "行方不明者"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "word": "osoba zaginiona"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desaparecido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "word": "pessoa desaparecida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "propávšij béz vesti",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пропа́вший бе́з вести"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person whose whereabouts are unknown",
      "word": "persona desaparecida"
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