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Personage

//ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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
    a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events wordnet
  3. 3
    A character (in a film, book, play, etc).
  4. 4
    another word for person; a person not meriting identification wordnet
  5. 5
    The creation of corporate persons named after living people.
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  1. 6
    Character represented; external appearance; persona.

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

Etymology

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

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