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personage definition

per·son·age (pʉr′sə nij)

noun

  1. a person of importance or distinction; notable
  2. any person
  3. a character in history, a play, a novel, etc.

Etymology: MFr: see person & -age

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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