an important personage

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• 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 — [[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

• personage — per|son|age [ˈpə:sənıdʒ US ˈpə:r ] n formal a person, usually someone famous or important ▪ a royal personage …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• personage — noun (C) formal 1 a famous or important person: a royal personage 2 a character in a play or book, or in history …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• personage — noun we always have a table for a personage such as yourself Syn: important person, VIP, luminary, celebrity, personality, name, famous name, household name, public figure, star, leading light, dignitary, notable, notability, worthy, panjandrum;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• personage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dignitary, official, celebrity, notable, figure, somebody, bigwig, VIP (inf.), big wheel (inf.). See importance, nobility. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An individual] Syn. human being, someone, individual;… …   English dictionary for students

• important person — Synonyms and related words: Establishment, VIP, baron, big gun, big man, big name, bigwig, brass, brass hat, celebrity, chief, constellation, cynosure, dean, dignitary, dignity, doyen, doyenne, elder, father, figure, folk hero, galaxy, great man …   Moby Thesaurus

• personage — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, Establishment, VIP, actor, antagonist, antihero, baron, being, big gun, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, big wheel, bigwig, bit, bit part, body, brass, brass hat, cast, cat, celebrity, chap, character,… …   Moby Thesaurus