What does personage mean?

Definitions for personage
ˈpɜr sə nɪdʒper·son·age

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. personagenoun

    another word for person; a person not meriting identification

    "a strange personage appeared at the door"

  2. important person, influential person, personagenoun

    a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

Wiktionary

  1. personagenoun

    A famous or important person.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Personagenoun

    Etymology: personage, Fr.

    It was a new sight fortune had prepared to those woods, to see these great personages thus run one after the other. Philip Sidney.

    It is not easy to research the actions of eminent personages, how much they have blemished by the envy of others, and what was corrupted by their own felicity. Henry Wotton.

    She hath made compare
    Between our statures, she hath urg’d his height;
    And with her personage, her tall personage,
    She hath prevail’d with him. William Shakespeare.

    The lord Sudley was fierce in courage, courtly in fashion, in personage stately, in voice magnificent, but somewhat empty of matter. John Hayward.

    The great diversion is masking: the Venetians, naturally grave, love to give into the follies of such seasons, when disguised in a false personage. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

    Some persons must be found out, already known by history, whom we may make the actors and personages of this fable. William Broome, View of Epic Poems.

ChatGPT

  1. personage

    A personage is a person who is well-known or distinguished, typically due to their status, importance, or high position in society or a particular sphere or profession. It can also refer to a character in a play, novel, or other literary work.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Personagenoun

    form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person

  2. Personagenoun

    character assumed or represented

  3. Personagenoun

    a notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall

  4. Etymology: [F. personnage.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of personage in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of personage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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