on one's person

prepositional phrase

Held on one's physical body.

“You cannot have a smartphone on your person during the exam.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative about one's person

  1. formalHeld on one's physical body.

    You cannot have a smartphone on your person during the exam.

    1 more example

    Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his person, is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang.

    2004, The New York Times
Cite this entry
APA

on one's person. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20one's%20person

MLA

“on one's person.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20one's%20person. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on one's person,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20one's%20person.

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