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Definition of "small person" [small person]

  • A person of below average size (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "small person" in a sentence
  • "Instinctively there rises before the mind's eye the vision of some cold winter's morning, and of a shivering small person waking up in the rawness of an as yet unwarmed nursery, or similar dormitory."
  • "It appeared to be a brown-and-orange striped sweater for a very small person with arms and legs in odd places."
  • "Even a small person like me couldn't go anywhere without being run over by a Wilner; and I could never tell which Wilner it was because none of them ever stood still long enough to be identified; and also because I suspected that they were in the habit of interchanging conspicuous articles of clothing, which was very confusing."