personage
11personage — noun A famous or important person. I can only say they have been in pretty close conversation several times of late, and, if I dared to think it of so very calm and dignified a personage, I should say that her color was a little heightened after… …
12personage — See personage, person …
13personage — per|son|age [ˈpə:sənıdʒ US ˈpə:r ] n formal a person, usually someone famous or important ▪ a royal personage …
14personage — noun (C) formal 1 a famous or important person: a royal personage 2 a character in a play or book, or in history …
15personage — noun we always have a table for a personage such as yourself Syn: important person, VIP, luminary, celebrity, personality, name, famous name, household name, public figure, star, leading light, dignitary, notable, notability, worthy, panjandrum;… …
16personage, person — Personage is a term reserved for an individual of importance or distinction and for a character in a play or novel: Whether one liked him or not, no one could deny that the late Charles de Gaulle of France was a personage. Hamlet is a personage… …
17personage — noun Date: 15th century 1. a person of rank, note, or distinction; especially one distinguished for presence and personal power 2. a human individual ; person 3. a dramatic, fictional, or historical character; also impersonation …
18Personage — Dramatis personae (lat.) bezeichnet die handelnden Personen in einem Bühnenstück. Der ersten Szene eines Theatertextes werden üblicherweise die Personen der Handlung vorangestellt, mit Namen und kurzer Funktionsbezeichnung, heute auch oft mit… …
19personage — /perr seuh nij/, n. 1. a person of distinction or importance. 2. any person. 3. a character in a play, story, etc. [1425 75; late ME: body or image (statue, portrait) of a person ( < OF) < ML personagium. See PERSON, AGE] Syn. 1. See person. * *… …
20Personage — ∙Per|so|na|ge [... na:ʒə], die; , n [zu ↑Person nach frz. personnage = Person, Typ, zu: personne < lat. persona, ↑Person]: (meist mit spött. Nebensinn) ↑Person (2, 4): der einen ... war es zugetragen worden, dass sie Herrn Friedrich Jovers… …
