Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)fictional character, fictitious character, characteran imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)“she is the main character in the novel”
(n)character, reference, character referencea 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”
(n)character, graph, grapheme, graphic symbola written symbol that is used to represent speech“the Greek alphabet has 24 characters”