Personage

/pˈɜːsənɪd‍ʒ/

/pˈɜːsənɪdʒ/

[noun]

Personage

[NOUN]

a fictional character, especially one who plays a significant role in a story or narrative

a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

synonyms : important person

influential person

Examples

1. And these personages are the faces of huge amounts of information.

2. Evidently the prominent personage’s cloak just fitted his shoulders.

3. The prominent personage apparently had not observed that Akaky Akakiyevich was already in the neighbourhood of fifty.

4. To this prominent personage Akaky Akakiyevich presented himself, and this at the most unfavourable time for himself, though opportune for the prominent personage.