player character
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of player character
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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Use quotations when the language is lively and colorful, when it reveals something of the author’s or speaker’s character.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Ethos often invokes the speaker’s character and qualifications on the subject.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Anybody could see that the strong impelling force of the speaker's character was an emotional one; that sympathy and not reason, feeling rather than logic, instinct rather than observation, would govern his utterances.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin
It was ambiguous, but it gave a certain insight into the speaker's character.
From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter
The delicate beauty of the rhymes also aids in idealizing the speaker’s character.
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
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