- personage per·son·age n
- ['pɜːsnɪdʒ]
personaggio
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personage per·son·age n
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per|son|age — «PUR suh nihj», noun. 1. a person of importance, distinction, or high rank: »Who am I indeed? Perhaps a personage in disguise (Charlotte Brontë). 2. a person: »a grandfatherly sort of personage (Hawthorne). 3. a character in a book or play or in… … Useful english dictionary
Personage — Per son*age (p[ e]r s[u^]n*[als]j: 48), 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. [1913 Webster] The damsel well… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
personage — per|son|age [ˈpə:sənıdʒ US ˈpə:r ] n formal a person, usually someone famous or important ▪ a royal personage … Dictionary of contemporary English
personage — per•son•age [[t]ˈpɜr sə nɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) a person of distinction or importance 2) any person 3) lit. a character in a play, story, etc • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME: body or image (statue, portrait) of a person < OF. See person, age … From formal English to slang
personage — per|son|age [ pɜrsnıdʒ ] noun count FORMAL 1. ) an important or famous person 2. ) someone in a book, play, or movie, or in history … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
personage — per·son·age … English syllables
Artificial person — Person Per son, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See {Per }, and cf. {Parson}.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fictitious person — Person Per son, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See {Per }, and cf. {Parson}.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
In person — Person Per son, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See {Per }, and cf. {Parson}.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
In the person of — Person Per son, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See {Per }, and cf. {Parson}.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Legal person — Person Per son, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See {Per }, and cf. {Parson}.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
