character

character (http://definr.com/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 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