Personage
['pɜːs(ə)nɪdʒ] or ['pɝsənɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) another word for person; a person not meriting identification; 'a strange personage appeared at the door'.
Editor: Sallust--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.
(n.) Character assumed or represented.
(n.) A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall.
Typist: Sharif
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Assumed character.[2]. Person of rank, man of distinction, great person, illustrious person.
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Examples
- Men call him Hadji, and he is thenceforward a great personage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Royal Personage declared with an oath that she was perfection, and engaged her again and again in conversation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That feline personage, with her lips tightly shut and her eyes looking out at him sideways, softly closes the door before replying. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The chief personage aboard proved to be Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior under the administration of President Buchanan. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The old gentleman was a very respectable-looking personage, with a powdered head and gold spectacles. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I gave the right place to every personage in the groupe, the just balance to every sentiment. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- That florid sociable personage was become more interesting to him since he had seen Rosamond. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Pray say, Miss de Bassompierre; and, of course, such a stately personage remembers nothing of Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The other personage I have mentioned is young and green, and not bright, not learned, and not wise. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That personage stood aghast when he saw the group around the fire. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No less a personage than that most prolific Plenipo, the Hon. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Where, repeated the same personage, without taking any heed of him whatever, are the papers of this prisoner? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mrs. Cluppins was a little, brisk, busy-looking woman; Mrs. Sanders was a big, fat, heavy-faced personage; and the two were the company. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In his absence she was a still personage, but with him the most officious, fidgety little body possible. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This audacious statement caused Raggles and the other personages present to look at one another with a wild surprise, and with it Rebecca left them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Perhaps these are rarer personages than some of us think for. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was not difficult to ascertain the condition and character of one of these personages. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At the same time, two additional personages appeared on the scene. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In the midst of these intrigues and fine parties and wise and brilliant personages Rawdon felt himself more and more isolated every day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had been dining with royal personages, and wore his garter and ribbon. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Sharp and Mr. Mell were both notable personages in my eyes; but Steerforth was to them what the sun was to two stars. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Amongst the bridal train the two most noticeable personages were the youthful bridesmen, Henry Sympson and Martin Yorke. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Each of these personages she adorned with a character that might have separately suited Moloch and Belial. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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