humble person

collocation in English

meaningsofhumbleandperson

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humble
adjective
uk
/ˈhʌm.bəl/us
/ˈhʌm.bəl/
not proud or not believing that you ...
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person
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən/us
/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofhumbleandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Everyone engaged in industry is now measured, from management to the mosthumblepersonserving in industry.
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I cannot help what the newspapers do with such ahumblepersonas myself.
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I wish to speak now not about large numbers of people but about onehumblepersonin particular and a handful of people in general.
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I cannot imagine hard-boiled business men taking any notice of any threats from anybody, least of all anything that looks like a threat from a veryhumblepersonlike myself.
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What is a poorhumblepersonlike myself to say when these giants in the business of high finance disagree and agree to differ in this fashion?
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He was a greathumblepersonand a social person.
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A creative, engaging andhumbleperson, he was not locked into the past.
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He was ahumbleperson, a gentleman's gentleman.
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He was ahumbleperson, and that's the way he remained after his lunar flight, as well as before.
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Though at this point he has characterized himself as something of a rap savior, the chorus depicts him as ahumbleperson.
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Miyuki is a very kind andhumbleperson.
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It is very easy to brush these matters aside, with the result that afterwards there is a great injury to numbers of humble persons.
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No joint stock bank could go into an inquiry as to the credit of these humble persons.
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It is proposed to leave them out so that hardship should not be done to humble persons like police sergeants, or asylum officers, or persons who occupy minor positions.
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