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;
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";
an actor''s portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona";
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";
a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters";
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel";
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";
