"on one's person" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on one's person
  1. (formal) Held on one's physical body. Tags: formal Synonyms: about one's person
    Sense id: en-on_one's_person-en-prep_phrase-V7zKonQ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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