in the person of

in the person of

1. (formal) Represented by (someone).

• “in the person of”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “in the person of”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “in the person of somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “in the person of” (US) / “in the person of” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.