high 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 — n 1. dignitary, notable, very important person, Inf. V.I.P., Archaic. dignity; person of note or consequence, well known figure, public figure, celebrity, Sl. celeb, somebody, something, famous or well known person, household name, Inf. big name …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• high muckamuck — noun an important or influential (and often overbearing) person • Syn: ↑very important person, ↑VIP, ↑high up, ↑dignitary, ↑panjandrum • Hypernyms: ↑important person, ↑influential person, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• high-up — noun an important or influential (and often overbearing) person • Syn: ↑very important person, ↑VIP, ↑dignitary, ↑panjandrum, ↑high muckamuck • Hypernyms: ↑important person, ↑influential person, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• Malacca High School — (MHS, High School) 马六甲高等中学 SMK Tinggi Melaka Location Jalan Chan Koon Cheng, 75000 Malacca Town, [Malacca], Malaysia Information Type Public day school …   Wikipedia

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• Nigeria — Nigerian, adj., n. /nuy jear ee euh/, n. a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 107,129,469; 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Cap.: Abuja. Official name, Federal Republic of… …   Universalium

• personality — 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

• Ламбайеке (культура) — Не следует путать с термином «Сиканы». Карта Перу: провинция Ламбайеке находится слева сверху, третья по счёту сверху вниз вдоль побережья Сиканская культура, англ. Sican Culture  название культуры, предшествовавшей инкам на северном побережье… …   Википедия