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personage

[ pur-suh-nij ]

noun

  1. a person of distinction or importance.
  2. any person.
  3. a character in a play, story, etc.


personage

/ ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ /

noun

  1. an important or distinguished person
  2. another word for person

    a strange personage

  3. rare.
    a figure in literature, history, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of personage1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English: “body or image (statue, portrait) of a person” (from Old French ), from Medieval Latin persōnāgium. See person, -age
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

The only unofficial personage who had entered the guest room since it was cleared for pictures was Lottie Jackson.

A congenial dinner with a famous personage in public health.

"I knew I had to write something on Yves because Yves was a celebrated and mythical personage," said Bergé.

“I knew I had to write something on Yves because Yves was a celebrated and mythical personage,” said Pierre Bergé.

Even compared with his personage in Casino Royale, the 007 of Quantum is basically a grunting eunuch.

He was also the one and only personage in the drama, concentrating on himself the attention of the audience.

At last Deacon MacNab, the church treasurer and a personage of importance, got a chance to speak.

There were eunuchs too, black frock-coated—and the chief eunuch, an important personage who ranks very high.

It was a daring trick to play upon so exalted a personage, but Vera had not hesitated to do it.

The rebel leader was deep in converse with a richly-attired personage whom Frank discovered afterwards to be the Vizier.

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