personage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person, especially one who is famous or important.

   I can only say they have been in pretty close conversation several times of late, and, if I dared to think it of so very calm and dignified a personage, I should say that her color was a little heightened after one or more of these interviews.

2. 2
   noun

   Character represented; external appearance; persona.

   But tell me, that haſt ſeene him, Menaphon, What ſtature wields he, and what perſonage?

3. 3
   noun

   a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

4. 4
   noun

   another word for person

From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age).

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