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person is now used in situations where "man" was formerly used to avoid sexism in language". It is used when the sex of the person being referred to is either unknown or not specified, as in "They are advertising for another person for the warehouse". It often sounds more natural to use "someone", as in "They are looking for someone to help out in the warehouse". Person is often used in compounds, as in chairperson, spokesperson and salesperson, although some people dislike this convention and some compounds, such as craftsperson, have not really caught on. Person has two possible plurals.
See also people.
Person with and people with are phrases advocated in "politically correct" language to avoid negative terms such as "victim", "sufferer", as in "person with Aids".