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Three persons is a formal or legal way of saying three people.
The phrasing appears in contracts, statutes, and official documents where *person* carries precise legal meaning: The vehicle may transport three persons.
In everyday speech, *three people* is standard; *three persons* sounds stiff or archaic outside formal contexts.
- trioGroup of three
- trinityUnified set of three
- holy trinityEssential three-part foundation
- triadGroup of three
- tripletsThree born together
triangle · ménage à trois · triumvirate · group · father · son · spirit · holy · divine · musketeers · amigos · stooges · crowd · company · third · third wheel · wheel · party
- TrinityHoly Trinity, Father, Holy Spirit, one God, Godhead
- creedsNicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, creed, credo