Persona Definition

pər-sōnə

personae, personas

noun

personae, personas

The character represented by the voice of the speaker in a literary work.

American Heritage

The characters of a drama, novel, etc.

Webster's New World

The outer personality or facade presented to others by an individual.

Webster's New World

The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self.

American Heritage Medicine

(psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Persona

Singular:

persona

Plural:

person, personae, personas

From Latin persōna (“mask; character"), sometimes said to derive from personare (“to sound through") or from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu).

From Wiktionary
Latin persōna person

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition