Noun: conperson
| Singular | conperson |
| Plural | conpeople; conpersons |
Sample Sentences
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A business human you can't trust is called a conman. Excuse me, a conperson. A lot of conpeople call themselves consultants. [2005, Dennis Fried, More Memoirs of a Papillon: Diary of a Mad Dog, page 39:]
Nouns inflected like conperson
almsperson,
outdoorsperson,
Yorkshireperson,
little person,
bald person,
cyberperson,
linesperson,
blind person,
floorperson,
layperson,
catperson,
Cornishperson,
boat person,
computer person,
ape-person,
person,
stateless person,
conperson,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-né-
4. Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti
5. Proto-Germanic *kunnaną
6. Proto-West Germanic *kunnan
7. Old English cunnan
8. Middle English connen
9. English con
10. Latin persōna
11. Anglo-Norman persouneder.
12. Middle English persoun
13. English person
14. English -person
15. English conperson
16. From con + -person.