-person
a combining form of person, replacing in existing compound words such paired, s-x-specific forms as -man, and -woman, or -er1, and -ess:
chairperson; salesperson; waitperson.
usage note
-person
suffix
sometimes used instead of -man and -woman or -lady chairperson, salesperson
-man
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