1.an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story);
she is the main character in the novel
2.a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something;
each town has a quality all its own
3.the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;
education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer
4.an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;
she played the part of Desdemona
5.a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);
a real character
6.good repute;
he is a man of character
7.a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;
requests for character references are all to often answered evasively
8.a written symbol that is used to represent speech;
the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
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