Hypertext Webster Gateway: "personage"
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) 1.7 (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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