Personage Meaning
/ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person, especially one who is famous or important.
nounA character (in a film, book, play, etc).
Sentence Examples
The famous personage was known for her charity work.
The historical personage was studied by many scholars.
She is an important historical personage in our country.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The famous historical ____ delivered a speech that changed the country's future.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The distinguished ____ arrived at the ceremony accompanied by a large security detail.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 one or more of these interviews."
— 1872, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], The Poet at the Breakfast-Table, page 230:
"The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters."
— 2014, Lonely Planet, Best Place to be Today: 365 Things to do & the Perfect Day to do Them, →ISBN:
"But tell me, that haſt ſeene him, Menaphon,
What ſtature wields he, and what perſonage?"
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The famous historical ____ delivered a speech that changed the country's future.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The distinguished ____ arrived at the ceremony accompanied by a large security detail.