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personage |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Personage \Per"son*age\, n. [F. personnage.] 1. Form appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like of a person. ``In personage stately.'' --Hayward. The damsel well did view his personage. --Spenser. 2. Character assumed or represented. ``The actors and personages of this fable.'' --Broome. ``Disguised in a false personage.'' --Addison. 3. A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: personage n 1: another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door" 2: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events [syn: {important person}, {influential person}]
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