personage

(pʉrsə nij)

noun

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

Origin: MFr: see person & -age

See personage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A character in a literary work.
  2. a. A person.
    b. A person of distinction. See Synonyms at celebrity.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, person

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from persone, person; see person

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