personage
noun
[ ˈpəːs(ə)nɪdʒ ]
• a person (used to express importance or elevated status).
• "it was no less a personage than the bishop"
Similar:
important person,
VIP,
luminary,
celebrity,
celebutante,
personality,
name,
famous name,
household name,
public figure,
star,
mogul,
leading light,
dignitary,
notable,
notability,
person of note,
worthy,
panjandrum,
person,
celeb,
somebody,
big shot,
big noise,
big gun,
hotshot,
big cheese,
bigwig,
big fish,
nob,
big wheel,
kahuna,
macher,
high muckamuck,
high muckety-muck,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, reinforced by medieval Latin personagium ‘effigy’. In early use the word was qualified by words such as honourable, eminent, but since the 19th century the notion ‘significant, notable’ has been implied in the word itself.
