Definitions of character:

• noun:   the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

  Example: "Education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer"

• noun:   an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
• noun:   a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

  Example: "Requests for character references are all to often answered evasively"

• noun:   a written symbol that is used to represent speech

  Example: "The Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

• noun:   a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

  Example: "A real character"

• noun:   good repute

  Example: "He is a man of character"

• noun:   a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

  Example: "The radical character of our demands"

• noun:   an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

  Example: "She is the main character in the novel"

• verb:   engrave or inscribe characters on