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# personage

«personage» in Mova's school dictionary: **An important or famous person** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a personage, personages — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) An important or famous person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/#m1)

2) A character in a play or story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in older stories and formal writing, sometimes with a smile, to make someone sound grand: «a very great personage». Alice meets many odd personages in Wonderland, such as the King and Queen of Hearts. Toad thinks of himself as an important personage.

### examples

- A royal personage visited our town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/#x1)
- The Duchess was a very grand personage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/#x2)
- Toad imagined himself a famous personage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/#x3)
- Many great personages came to the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/#x4)
- The play has only four personages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/#x5)
- The mayor was the most important personage at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/#x6)
- First the personages, and then we will get the play ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/#x7)

### note

Formal and a bit old-fashioned; in everyday English say «important person». Do not confuse with «personal» or «parsonage» (a priest's house).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «personage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.