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SILENT PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silent person mean?
• SILENT PERSON (noun)
The noun SILENT PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a person who does not talk
Familiarity information: SILENT PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who does not talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dummy; silent person
Hypernyms ("silent person" is a kind of...):
deaf-and-dumb person; deaf-mute; mute (a deaf person who is unable to speak)
Context examples
He was a dark, sallow, clean-shaven, silent person, but he had polite manners and a pleasant smile.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs. Lexington is her name—a little, dark, silent person, with suspicious and sidelong eyes.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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