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character

[kar-ik-ter] / ˈkær ɪk tər /




NOUN
portrayal of another
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The lead female character has often been played by a British actress - Felicity Kendal took on the role for the show's last West End incarnation in 2015.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

He joked that in 2024, he told Chad, a character he played on “SNL,” that he would be selling the property.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

It's more unusual for a US actress to play the part, but Coward actually based the character on an American he'd met at a dinner party in 1921.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

In most movies in which a character is driven by revenge, the viewer is invited to share in that primal emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

You had to have good grades and a high moral character to be invited.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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