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missing persons

missing persons is the plural of missing person.

Meaning of missing person

Noun

missing person (plural missing persons or missing people)

  1. A person whose whereabouts are unknown and who is being sought.

Questions about missing persons

What is missing persons the plural of?
Missing persons is the plural of missing person.

Words near missing persons in the dictionary

  1. missing one's tip
  2. missing oneself
  3. missing out
  4. missing people
  5. missing person
  6. missing persons
  7. missing piece
  8. missing someone's point
  9. missing stair
  10. missing stairs
  11. missing stays

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Adapted from Wiktionary: missing persons (page history and authors); missing person (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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