conperson

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noun

A conman or conwoman.

OriginEnglish person ← Middle English persoun ← Anglo-Norman persoune →
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Meanings

conperson1

nounconperson (plural conpeople or conpersons)

plural conpeople · plural conpersons

  1. humorousrareA 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

conperson2

nounconperson (plural conpeople or conpersons)

plural conpeople · plural conpersons

  1. informalA fictional person, especially one supposed to inhabit a conworld and speak a conlang.

Origin

conperson · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥néh₃ti
  3. Proto-Germanic*kunnaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kunnan
  5. Old Englishcunnan
  6. Middle Englishconnen
  7. Englishcon
  8. Latinpersōna
  9. Anglo-Normanpersoune
  10. Middle Englishpersoun
  11. Englishperson
  12. Englishconperson

From con + -person.

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conperson · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*strew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*stréweti
  10. Proto-Italic*strowō
  11. Latinstruō
  12. Latincōnstruō
  13. Latincōnstrūctus
  14. Englishconstruct
  15. Englishconstructed
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  17. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  18. Latindingua
  19. Latinlingua
  20. Vulgar Latin*linguāticum
  21. Old Frenchlanguage
  22. Middle Englishlangage
  23. Englishlanguage
  24. Englishconlangbf.
  25. Englishcon-
  26. Latinpersōna
  27. Anglo-Normanpersoune
  28. Middle Englishpersoun
  29. Englishperson
  30. Englishconperson

From con- (“constructed”) + person.

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Cite this entry
APA

conperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conperson

MLA

“conperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conperson.

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