character

Dictionary definition · character

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)"she is the main character in the novel"
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something"each town has a quality all its own"
the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions"education has for its object the formation of character"
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play"she played the part of Desdemona"
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)"a real character"
good repute"he is a man of character"
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 too often answered evasively"
a written symbol that is used to represent speech"the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).