Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PER'SON-AGE, n. [Fr. personnage.]

1. A man or woman of distinction; as, an illustrious personage.
2. Exterior appearance; stature; air; as, a tall personage; a stately personage. – Shak. Hayward.
3. Character assumed. The Venetians, naturally grave, love to give in to the follies of such seasons, when disguised in a false personage. – Addison.
4. Character represented. Some persons must be found, already known in history, whom we may make the actors and personages of this fable. – Broome.