An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. A person of distinction or importance.
   

2. A dramatic, historical, or fictional → character in a play, story, etc.

Etymology (EN): M.E. “form, appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person,” from O.Fr. personage “size, stature; a dignitary,” from M.L. personagium, from persona, → person.

Etymology (PE): Tanumsâ, from tanum, → person, + -sâ, contraction of -âsâ, suffix of “form, type, similarity.”