Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Personage \Per"son*age\, 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.

            The damsel well did view his personage. --Spenser.

   2. Character assumed or represented. ``The actors and
      personages of this fable.'' --Broome. ``Disguised in a
      false personage.'' --Addison.

   3. A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or
      peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely
      personage of stature tall. --Spenser.

Source : WordNet®

personage
     n 1: another word for person; a person not meriting
          identification; "a strange personage appeared at the
          door"
     2: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the
        course of events [syn: {important person}, {influential
        person}]