Personage

Noun

 * 1)  A famous or important person.
 * 2) * 1872, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, page 230
 * 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 one or more of these interviews.

Adjectives for Personage
trusty; eminent; silent; respectable; shabby; grimy; despondent; bitter; pallid; muse-like; prominent; venerable; radiant; expansive; leading; all-compelling; allegorical; luminous; historical; leathery; filmy; showy; complex; singular; tutelary; fictitious; arrogant; noble; pompous; exalted; illustrious; subsidiary; favorite; powerful; gnarled; cynical; romantic; miraculous; tragic; nude; stalwart; whimsical; honorable; formidable; poetical; important; tremendous; fine; comely; worthy; ruddy; royal; unimportant; distinguished; sordid; strange-looking; shadowy; august; sympathetic.

Verbs for Personage
conceal—; esteem—; honor—; introduce— uncover—; —attracts; —awes; —enhances —fosters; —graces; —impresses; —inspires —overwhelms; —thrills.

Thesaurus
Adamite, Establishment, VIP, actor, antagonist, antihero, baron, being, big gun, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, big wheel, bigwig, bit, bit part, body, brass, brass hat, cast, cat, celebrity, chap, character, chief, constellation, creature, cue, customer, cynosure, dean, dignitary, dignity, doyen, doyenne, duck, earthling, elder, eminence, fat part, father, feeder, fellow, figure, folk hero, galaxy, great man, groundling, guy, hand, head, headliner, heavy, hero, heroine, high priest, homo, hotshot, human, human being, idol, immortal, important person, individual, ingenue, interests, joker, kingfish, kingpin, lead, lead role, leader, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, life, lines, lion, living soul, lords of creation, luminaries, luminary, magnate, man, man of mark, master, master spirit, mogul, mortal, nabob, name, nose, notability, notable, one, panjandrum, part, party, person, person of note, person of renown, personality, piece, pillar of society, pleiad, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, power, power elite, principal, protagonist, public figure, role, ruling circle, sachem, senior, side, single, social lion, somebody, someone, something, soubrette, soul, star, straight part, superior, superstar, supporting character, supporting role, tellurian, terran, the great, the top, title role, top brass, top dog, top people, tycoon, very important person, villain, walk-on, walking part, worldling, worthy

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 人物 (rénwù)
 * Min Nan: 人物 (jîn-bu̍t)
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 * German:
 * Japanese: 人物 (じんぶつ, jinbutsu)
 * Manx: ard-phersoon
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Noun

 * 1) Character in a work of fiction.
 * Iago is een personage in Shakespeares Othello.
 * Iago is a character in Shakespeare's Othello.