personnage

Definitions of personnage
  1. noun
    another word for person; a person not meriting identification
    synonyms: personne
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    type of:
    homme, individu, mortel, être
    a human being
  2. noun
    an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
    synonyms: rôle
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    types:
    rôle mineur
    a small role
    rôle titre
    the role of the character after whom the play is named
    type of:
    interprétation
    acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
  3. noun
    a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
    synonyms: excentrique
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    type of:
    adulte, majeur
    a fully developed person from maturity onward
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