1. (noun)fictional character, fictitious character, character an imaginaryperson represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) "she is the main character in the novel"
2. (noun)quality, character, lineament a characteristicproperty that defines the apparent individualnature of something "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
3. (noun)character, fiber, fibre the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
4. (noun)character, role, theatrical role, part, persona an actor's portrayal of someone in a play "she played the part of Desdemona"
5. (noun)character, eccentric, type, case a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
6. (noun)character goodrepute "he is a man of character"