personaje ficticio

Definitions of personaje ficticio
  1. noun
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
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    Aladino
    in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
    argonauta
    (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
    Don Quijote
    the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical
    Falstaff
    a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays
    Fausto
    an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
    liliputiense
    a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
    pierrot
    a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
    Huckleberry Finn
    a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain
    Tom Sawyer
    the boy hero of a novel by Mark Twain
    Tío Tom
    a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Tío Sam
    a personification of the United States government
    Sherlock Holmes
    a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
    protagonista
    the principal character in a work of fiction
    Robin de los bosques
    legendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor
    type of:
    criatura imaginaria, ente imaginario, ser imaginario
    a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
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