personage

[ pur-suh-nij ]
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noun
  1. a person of distinction or importance.

  2. any person.

  1. a character in a play, story, etc.

Origin of personage

1
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

synonym study For personage

1. See person.

Other words from personage

  • non·per·son·age, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for personage

personage

/ (ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. an important or distinguished person

  2. another word for person (def. 1) a strange personage

  1. rare a figure in literature, history, etc

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