little person
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈlɪtəl ˈpɜrsən/
:
persona de baja estatura
- The documentary highlighted the challenges faced by little people in a society that often overlooks them.
- forget the little people
- never underestimate little people
- big and little people
I am seeking the advice of the little people community, OK.
- I am seeking the advice of the little people community, OK.
- Because you are still that little person carrying those core wounds.
- I guess I've recently met a little person.
- It's sort of a damn like you are a sad little person.
- And around the corner, wearing a denim vest, was a little person, a dwarf.
- And that's why I think people like you need journalists fighting for the little person.
- If he was not a little person, he was he was just a, you know, a regular.
- So you're not just a little person, you're also
- So I was IA little person named Felix Zilla.
- It's like every day she's just slightly more her own little person.
Examples
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Just one of the little people.
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The store was empty except for the wizened little person who huddled, still, by the cold stove, apparently asleep.
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But yeah, so being a little person, let me ask you this question too.
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And maybe because I was a little person myself, although I was, you know, young.
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I thought just my friends and, you know, some, some few little people would read it.
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Sometimes I like to think about those little people, you know.
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You got to notice the little people in life.
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Your Honor, we are only little people.
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I am seeking the advice of the little people community, OK.
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After one last satisfied look, she turned and joined the little people in the outer room.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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6.5
A person who feels small and powerless against those in power
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1.8
A person who is shorter than most people and has a light build
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9.9
A very small person or creature like one in a story
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9.9
A very small person, often a child
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8.9
A friendly name for a young or small person
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9.9
A small child or person treated with love and care
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9.6
A small or young person who is not taken seriously
A person much shorter than average because their bones do not grow fully but with normal mind and body shape
A person who is much smaller than normal due to a rare genetic condition, with normal mental and sexual development
A very small person used as a playful name
A rude name for a small or short person, often a child
A very small weak person used as an insult
How Tall
5
1.8
75
5.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'little' (small in size) with 'person' (a human), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to someone of small stature. There is a minor sociopragmatic nuance (preferred/avoidance terms for dwarfism) and a possible figurative use meaning ‘marginalized person,’ but these do not prevent the basic compositional meaning being obvious to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Little person comes from the simple image of someone who is smaller than most people, with the words little and person pointing to small size. Because 'little' can also suggest low status or strength, people sometimes use the phrase to mean someone with 'less power' or who is 'powerless'.