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- 1 A being involved in the action of a story; a persona. countable
"[I]n a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of the piece must be advanced foremost to the view of the reader or spectator; he must outshine the rest of all the characters; he must appear the prince of them, like the sun in the Copernican system, encompassed with the less noble planets …"
- 2 (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes wordnet
- 3 A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene. countable
"A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2."
- 4 the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions wordnet
- 5 A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type. countable, uncountable
"A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out."
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- 6 a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something wordnet
- 7 Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength. uncountable
"He has a great deal of character."
- 8 an actor's portrayal of someone in a play wordnet
- 9 A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma. countable
"Julius Caesar is a great historical character."
- 10 a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability wordnet
- 11 A written or printed symbol, or letter. countable
"It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye."
- 12 a written symbol that is used to represent speech wordnet
- 13 Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people. countable, dated
"an inscription in the Runic character"
- 14 an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) wordnet
- 15 A secret cipher; a way of writing in code. countable, dated
- 16 a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) wordnet
- 17 One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character. countable
"We'll start at the beginning, with the basic building blocks not just of emoji, nor even digital communication, but of all written language: characters and character sets."
- 18 good repute wordnet
- 19 A person or individual, especially one who is unknown. countable, informal
"We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers."
- 20 An assignment of complex numbers to each element of a group, in particular a finite abelian group. More precisely, a group homomorphism into the group of units of a field (usually ℂ). countable
- 21 Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty. countable
"in the miserable character of a slave"
- 22 The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation. countable, dated
"a man's character for truth and veracity"
- 23 A reference given to a servant, attesting to their behaviour, competence, etc. countable, dated
- 24 Personal appearance. countable, obsolete
- 1 To write (using characters); to describe. obsolete
"O Roſalind, theſe Trees ſhall be my Bookes, / And in their barkes my thoughts Ile charracter, / That euery eye, which in this Forreſt lookes, / Shall ſee thy vertue witneſt euery where."
- 2 engrave or inscribe characters on wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”). Doublet of charakter.
From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”). Doublet of charakter.
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