personage
/ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ/noun
1- a person (often used to express their significance, importance, or elevated status)大人物, 要人：
it was no less a personage than the bishop.
这是与主教同等重要的人物。
1.1
- a character in a play or other work（戏剧或其他作品中的）人物, 角色。
词源
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 cent. the notion 'significant, notable' has been implied in the word itself.