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
Source: WordNet® 2.0