Noun
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""the radical character of our demands"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 Spencer4. 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""a strange character""a friendly eccentric""the capable type""a mental case"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"