personage
personage is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Character assumed or represented. "The actors and personages of this fable." Broome. "Disguised in a false personage." Addison.
- 2.A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall. Spenser.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- anthropogeny
- anthropography
- anthropoid
- anthropology
- anthroposophy
- being
- body
- brother
- civic
- clan
- commonalty
- commonweal
- commonwealth
- community
- consanguinity
- cosmopolitan
- cosmopolite
- creation
- creature
- earthling
- ethnography
- ethnology
- family
- fellow
- flesh
- folk
- general
- generation
- hand
- head
- human
- humanitarian
- humanity
- individual
- inhabitant
- kind
- large
- living
- man
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is personage.
- What is character assumed or represented. "The actors and personages of this fable." Broome. "Disguised in a false personage." Addison called?
- What is a notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall. Spenser called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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