'Personage' definitions:

Definition of 'personage'

noun

Another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door"

noun

A person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events [syn: important person, influential person, personage]

From: GCIDE

Personage \Per"son*age\ (p[~e]r"s[u^]n*[asl]j: 48), n. [F. personnage.]
1. Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person. "In personage stately." --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
The damsel well did view his personage. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
2. Character assumed or represented. "The actors and personages of this fable." --Broome. "Disguised in a false personage." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
3. A notable or distinguished person; a conspicuous or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]