1. [noun] A being involved in the action of a story.
2. [noun] A distinguishing feature; characteristic.
3. [noun] A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.
4. [noun] Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
5. [noun] A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
6. [noun] A written or printed symbol, or letter.
7. [noun] Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
8. [noun] (computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
9. [noun] (informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
10. [noun] (mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
11. [noun] Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
12. [noun] (dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
13. [noun] (dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.
14. [verb] (obsolete) To write (using characters); To describe
15. [noun] An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); 'she is the main character in the novel'.
16. [noun] A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; 'each town has a quality all its own'; 'the radical character of our demands'.
17. [noun] The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; 'education has for its object the formation of character'- Herbert Spencer.
18. [noun] An actor's portrayal of someone in a play; 'she played the part of Desdemona'.
19. [noun] A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); 'a real character'; 'a strange character'; 'a friendly eccentric'; 'the capable type'; 'a mental case'.
20. [noun] Good repute; 'he is a man of character'.
21. [noun] 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'.
22. [noun] A written symbol that is used to represent speech; 'the Greek alphabet has 24 characters'.
23. [noun] (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes.
24. [verb] Engrave or inscribe characters on.
