personage

Definition

A person, especially one who is famous or important.

Etymology

From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age).

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters."
• "But tell me, that haſt ſeene him, Menaphon, What ſtature wields he, and what perſonage?"