personage
pronunciation
How to pronounce personage in British English:
UK [ˈpɜ:sənɪdʒ]
How to pronounce personage in American English:
US [ˈpɜrsənɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- another word for person; a person not meriting identification
- a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
Word Origin
- personage (n.)
- mid-15c., "body of a person" (with regard to appearance), from Old French personage "size, stature," also "a dignitary" (13c.), from Medieval Latin personaticum (11c.), from persona (see person). Meaning "a person of high rank or distinction" is attested from c. 1500 in English; as a longer way to say person, the word was in use from 1550s (but often slyly ironical, with suggestion that the subject is overly self-important).
Example
- 1. The mayor and another personage visited my company .
- 2. A price , welcome single-hearted personage incoming telegram !
- 3. A personage who occupies a throne .
- 4. You loved is that cartoon personage .
- 5. The chief personage is job .