What is the meaning of character?

noun

• An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story. )
  • usage: "she is the main character in the novel"
  • synonyms: fictional character, fictitious character
• A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something.
  • usage: "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
  • synonyms: quality, lineament
• 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
  • synonyms: fiber, fibre
• An actor's portrayal of someone in a play.
  • usage: "she played the part of Desdemona"
  • synonyms: role, theatrical role, part, persona
• A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities. )
  • usage: "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
  • synonyms: eccentric, type, case
• Good repute.
  • usage: "he is a man of character"
• A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability.
  • usage: "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"
  • synonyms: reference, character reference
• A written symbol that is used to represent speech.
  • usage: "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
  • synonyms: grapheme, graphic symbol
• Genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes. (

verb

• Engrave or inscribe characters on. .