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English

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Etymology

From Old (and modern) French caractère, from Latin #Latin|character, from Greek χαρακτήρ ‘marking instrument’, from χαράσσειν ‘engrave’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkærəktə/

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-character.ogg


Noun

  1. A being involved in the action of a story.
  2. A written or printed symbol, or letter
  3. A distinguishing feature; characteristic; A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.
  4. A moral strength.
  5. : "You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."
  6. A person with many notable or eccentric features.
  7. A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
  8. One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character. Synonymous with byte in some environments.


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Category:Greek derivations

ar:character el:character fa:character fr:character gl:character io:character it:character ku:character lt:character hu:character ja:character pl:character ru:character simple:character fi:character sv:character ta:character te:character vi:character tr:character zh:character

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Character \Char"ac*ter\, n. [L., an instrument for marking,
character, Gr. ?, fr. ? to make sharp, to cut into furrows,
to engrave: cf. F. caract[`e]re.]
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1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.
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It were much to be wished that there were throughout
the world but one sort of character for each letter
to express it to the eye. --Holder.
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2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar
form of letters used by a particular person or people; as,
an inscription in the Runic character.
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You know the character to be your brother's? --Shak.
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3. The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a
person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp
impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a
person or thing really is; nature; disposition.
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The character or that dominion. --Milton.
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Know well each Ancient's proper character;
His fable, subject, scope in every page;
Religion, Country, genius of his Age. --Pope.
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A man of . . . thoroughly subservient character.
--Motley.
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4. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality;
as, he has a great deal of character.
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5. Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the
life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from
suspicion.
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6. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct
with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the
miserable character of a slave; in his character as a
magistrate; her character as a daughter.
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7. The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or
thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and
veracity; to give one a bad character.
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This subterraneous passage is much mended since
Seneca gave so bad a character of it. --Addison.
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8. A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc.,
given to a servant. [Colloq.]
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9. A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person
characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who
illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was
a character; C[ae]sar is a great historical character.
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10. One of the persons of a drama or novel.
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Note: "It would be well if character and reputation were used
distinctively. In truth, character is what a person is;
reputation is what he is supposed to be. Character is
in himself, reputation is in the minds of others.
Character is injured by temptations, and by wrongdoing;
reputation by slanders, and libels. Character endures
throughout defamation in every form, but perishes when
there is a voluntary transgression; reputation may last
through numerous transgressions, but be destroyed by a
single, and even an unfounded, accusation or
aspersion." --Abbott.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Character \Char"ac*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charactered.]
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1. To engrave; to inscribe. [R.]
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These trees shall be my books.
And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character.
--Shak.
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2. To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe;
to characterize. [R.] --Mitford.
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WordNet character
n 1: an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play
or film or story); "she is the main character in the
novel" [syn: fictional character, {fictitious
character}]
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" [syn:
quality, lineament]
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 [syn: fiber, fibre]
4: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the
part of Desdemona" [syn: role, theatrical role, part,
persona]
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" [syn: eccentric, type, 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" [syn: reference, {character
reference}]
8: a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the
Greek alphabet has 24 characters" [syn: grapheme, {graphic
symbol}]
v : engrave or inscribe characters on
Moby Dictionary
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make , make prints , makeup , man , manner , mannerism , map , mark ,
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nature , nobility , nonconformist , normal , nose , notability , notate ,
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rank , rara avis , recessive character , reciter , reclame , recluse ,
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register , relation , render , rendering , rendition , re
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