"third-person" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: third-person [positive], – [comparative], – [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When a verb is used in the third person.
    Sense id: simple-third-person-en-adj-JTX~2evN
  2. When a story is told using verbs in the third person; the storyteller is not a character in the story.
    Sense id: simple-third-person-en-adj-s9jZ0~sr
     
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