personage
noun
a person of distinction or importance.
personages
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pluralof personage.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Much will come out in the exchanges between the accidental roommates that alters our perceptions of both, as well as our view of those offstage personages, living and dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
We chronicle, explicate, elucidate and constantly “re-adjudicate” historical events and personages.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024
These personages are broadly sketched, but they needn’t be played quite so cartoonishly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Making derogatory remarks against Islamic personages is an offence - and in 1982, a clause prescribing life imprisonment for "wilful" desecration of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, was added.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2022
Some powerful personages, who were discreedy pointed out to me, had on the same thing I had on.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
