1
2
: a human individual : person
3
: a dramatic, fictional, or historical character
also
: impersonation
Examples of personage in a Sentence
The premiere was attended by no less a personage than the president himself.
these sci-fi conventions attract personages of every description
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Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
Eximious had a royal warrant, a seal of approval issued to those supplying goods to royal personages, from then-Prince Charles.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
Vaccarello, shy and soft-spoken, has managed to reign at one of the great houses without becoming a household name or a glittering public personage in the manner of John Galliano or Marc Jacobs.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Good historians and talented fiction writers can tease out human qualities from such personages while acknowledging their fundamental distance from our own time.
—Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for personage
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“Personage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personage. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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personage
noun
per·son·age
ˈpərs-nij 
-ᵊn-ij
1
: an important or famous person
2
: a character in a book or play
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