personage
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈpɜrsənɪdʒ/
- Literature
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personaje
- The other preserves great personages in deathless life.
- historical personage
Examples
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Once upon a time, in an English castle far, far away, there lived a pampered personage by the name of... -
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The biblical character of Job is "a veritable personage."
Academic text (2006) -
Titles suggest the play or the novel, the personage, the landscape, or occasion that inspired the artist.
Academic text (1996) -
Like the central event of the story, this central character is fragmented, while a minor personage is eloquently and fully described.
Academic text (1999) -
A remarkable number of imperial personages met their ends in baths.
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"The extraordinary symbolism of Satan being the only personage in the opera without a singing role is almost not worth mentioning."
Fiction book (2002) -
In all such examples, however, the personages represent saints, church fathers, or biblical figures, not abbots.
Academic text (1999) -
Jesus Christ is even invoked by name once—the only historical personage so named, apart from Zarathustra.
Academic text (1998) -
There!" Rudely deposited on the rough floorboards, Mere dydd could only skitter aside and stare at the personage in the doorway.
Fiction book (1992) -
If you could have dinner with one historical personage, living or dead, who would it be?
Synonyms
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3.2
A person in a story, play, or film
661
4.1
A person who is important or well known
136
3.7
A famous person from TV, radio, or public life
15
2.8
A person created by an author for a story like a book or film
How Central
69
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- Literature
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3.4
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3.5
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2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word personage comes from persona, a 'mask' that actors used, and the same root is in person and persona. That's why personage can mean a character in a story or a person with an important public role.