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Character

noun

1.

An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story). Synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character.

2.

A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something. Synonyms: lineament, quality. "The radical character of our demands"

3.

The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions. Synonyms: fiber, fibre.

4.

An actor's portrayal of someone in a play. Synonyms: part, persona, role, theatrical role.

5.

A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). Synonyms: case, eccentric, type. "A strange character" , "A friendly eccentric" , "The capable type" , "A mental case"

6.

Good repute.

7.

A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability. Synonyms: character reference, reference.

8.

A written symbol that is used to represent speech. Synonyms: grapheme, graphic symbol.

9.

(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes.

verb

(past & past part. charactered)

1.

Engrave or inscribe characters on.

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"Character" Quotes from Famous Books

... and by the pale ghastly light that gleams from the aperture above. The inscription over this chapel or mausoleum, was dictated by St. Charles himself, and breathes that modesty and piety which so peculiarly marked his character. ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 379, Saturday, July 4, 1829. • Various

... midst of the deceptions which Elizabeth Hunter was called upon to practise, however, she followed the natural trend of her character in ways which proved how fundamental truth and outrightness were in her make-up. Having discussed Hugh with Luther, she told Hugh that she had done so. This gave Hugh a wrong impression of affairs between the two which she was obliged to ...

— The Wind Before the Dawn • Dell H. Munger

... reprobates live in the hells of eternal punishment. Ultramundane society has its left and its right: it is time for the equation to be completed; for this mystical hierarchy to descend upon earth and appear in its real character. ...

— The Philosophy of Misery • Joseph-Pierre Proudhon

... faithfulness. Indeed not one condition of prevailing prayer exists which is not such in the very nature of things. These are not arbitrary limitations affixed to prayer by a despotic will; they are necessary alike to God's character and man's good. ...

— George Muller of Bristol - His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God • Arthur T. Pierson

... essentials of life, that is to be understood. She had lived in a lax world. She was not particularly troubled by the character of her associates; she was untouched by them; she liked her fling at the baccarat-tables. These were details, and did not distress her. Love had not turned her into a Puritan. But certain recollections plagued ...

— At the Villa Rose • A. E. W. Mason

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