personage
noun/ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ/
/ˈpɜːrsənɪdʒ/
(formal)- an important or famous person
- a royal personage
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, reinforced by medieval Latin personagium ‘effigy’. In early use the word was qualified by words such as honourable, eminent, but since the 19th cent. the notion “significant, notable” has been implied in the word itself.Definitions on the go
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