character
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
How often you will meet it
Rank 610 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 31,617 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) also: fictional character, fictitious character she is the main character in the novel
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something also: quality, lineament each town has a quality all its ownthe radical character of our demands
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions also: fiber, fibre education has for its object the formation of character
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play also: role, theatrical role, part, persona she played the part of Desdemona
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) also: eccentric, type, case a real charactera strange character
- good repute he is a man of character
character in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They mourned for her each after her own fashion, and each according to her individual character.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1
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The girl sitting in the window of Durfee understood thoroughly the character and the chances of the day.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He went to the priest, but the priest could not give any holy water to so abandoned a character.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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A man in his position, if he has character enough to choose, can prevent even his wife's being a nuisance.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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The observance or omission of this rite among Roman Catholics, establishes, in a great degeee, the nature of individual character.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1