an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); she is the main character in the novel
[ Syn: fictional character , fictitious character ]
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; each town has a quality all its own; the radical character of our demands
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer
an actors portrayal of someone in a play; she played the part of Desdemona
[ Syn: role , theatrical role , part , persona ]
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); a real character; a strange character; a friendly eccentric; the capable type; a mental case
good repute; he is a man of character'
a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the persons qualifications and dependability; requests for character references are all too often answered evasively
[ Syn: reference , character reference ]
a written symbol that is used to represent speech; the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
[ Syn: grapheme , graphic symbol ]
(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
character (n.)
engrave or inscribe characters on