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character

[kar-ik-ter] / ˈkær ɪk tər /




NOUN
portrayal of another
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Rogers: Our dream was for Ariana to come do an original character.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Pro wrestling is a realm where a man named John Cena plays a character named John Cena; the match outcomes are predetermined, but the personal stakes are huge.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Hyodol's character was designed to be dependent on its user, as many older Koreans have spent their lives enduring gruelling work to provide for their families, Kim said.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

So that speaks to Shah Latif, the character, and his attention seeking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

By the middle of the nineteenth century, a popular parlor game is "reading" one's character by feeling the skull for bumps and dips and then matching them to a head chart such as this one.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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