personage — personage, personality A personage is ‘a person of distinction or high rank’, and is sometimes applied with irony or humour to someone who is self important rather than important: • No longer was I a nondescript of the slums; now I was a… … Modern English usage
personage — mid 15c., body of a person (with regard to appearance), from O.Fr. personage (13c.), from M.L. personaticum (11c.), from persona (see PERSON (Cf. person)). Meaning a person of high rank or distinction is attested from c.1500; as a longer way to… … Etymology dictionary
Personage — (franz., spr. āsch ), soviel wie Person, Persönlichkeit, gewöhnlich mit spöttischem Nebensinn … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
personage — index body (person), character (an individual), individual, person Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
personage — / personality [n/n2] celebrity, notable big shot*, bigwig*, brass*, celeb*, chief, cynosure, dignitary, distinguished person, eminence, face*, hot shot*, individual, luminary, monster*, name*, public figure, somebody, star, superstar, top dog*,… … New thesaurus
personage — ► NOUN ▪ a person (used to express their importance or elevated status). ORIGIN Old French, reinforced by Latin personagium effigy … English terms dictionary
personage — [pʉr′sə nij] n. [MFr: see PERSON & AGE] 1. a person of importance or distinction; notable 2. any person 3. a character in history, a play, a novel, etc … English World dictionary
personage — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)sənɪʤ[/t]] personages 1) N COUNT A personage is a famous or important person. [FORMAL] ...MPs, film stars and other important personages. Syn: person 2) N COUNT A personage is a character in a play or book, or in history. [FORMAL]… … English dictionary
personage — UK [ˈpɜː(r)s(ə)nɪdʒ] / US [ˈpɜrs(ə)nɪdʒ] noun [countable] Word forms personage : singular personage plural personages formal 1) an important or famous person 2) someone in a book, play, or film, or in history … English dictionary
personage — noun A famous or important person. 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… … Wiktionary
