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conperson

conperson noun: a conman or conwoman.

Noun (1)

conperson (plural conpeople or conpersons)

  1. (humorous, rare) A conman or conwoman.
    • 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

Noun (2)

conperson (plural conpeople or conpersons)

  1. (informal) A fictional person, especially one supposed to inhabit a conworld and speak a conlang.

Forms of conperson

pluralconpeople
pluralconpersons

Origin of conperson

From con + -person.

From con- (“constructed”) + person.

Questions about conperson

What does conperson mean?
Conperson means a conman or conwoman.
What part of speech is conperson?
Conperson is a noun.
What is the plural of conperson?
The plural of conperson is conpeople.

Words near conperson in the dictionary

  1. conoventricular
  2. Conover
  3. Conovers
  4. Conoy
  5. conpeople
  6. conperson
  7. conpersons
  8. conpetition
  9. conphaseolin
  10. conpidgin
  11. conpidgins

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