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Webster 1913 Edition
Personage
Per′son-age
(pẽr′sŭn-ā̍j: 48)
, Noun.
[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 conspicuous or peculiar character;
as, an illustrious
personage
; a comely personage
of stature tall. Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Personage
PER'SONAGE
,Noun.
1.
Exterior appearance; stature; air; as a tall personage; a stately personage.2.
Character assumed. The Venetians,naturally grave,love to give in to the follies of such seasons, when disguised in a false personage.
3.
Character represented. Some persons must be found, already known in history,whom we may make the actors and personages of this fable.
Definition 2024
personage
personage
English
Noun
personage (plural personages)
- A famous or important person.
- 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.
- 1872, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, page 230:
- The creation of corporate persons named after living people.
Usage notes
- (a famous or important person): In modern use, the noun personage is typically used with a partially redundant adjective, such as "notable" or "great"; as such, it may fairly be said to mean simply "person".
Translations
a famous or important person
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: per‧so‧na‧ge
Etymology
Borrowing from French personnage.
Noun
personage n (plural personages)
- Character in a work of fiction.
- Iago is een personage in Shakespeares Othello.
- Iago is a character in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Iago is een personage in Shakespeares Othello.