character sketch
noun Literature.
a short essay describing a person; literary profile.Compare character (def. 17).
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Origin of character sketch
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby character sketch
character level, character piece, character recognition, characters, character set, character sketch, character study, character type, character witness, charactery, charactonym
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Example sentences from the Web for character sketch
Translated into French, that might serve as a character-sketch of Anatole France.
The Book of This and That|Robert LyndBliss's MS. book illustrates what I have said in the preface of the change in the character-sketch.
Microcosmography|John EarleIt may be noticed too, by the way, that great novelists are not always equally successful in the character-sketch.
Microcosmography|John EarleOne of these days I must write a character-sketch of Mrs. Nichol.
Alone|Norman Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for character sketch
character sketch
noun
a brief description or portrayal of a person's character, qualities, etc
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