I. pə(r)ˈsōnə, ˌpərˈs-, pə̄ˈs-, pəiˈs- sometimes -sänə noun
( plural per·sonae -(ˌ)nē, -ˌnī ; see sense 2 )
Etymology: Latin — more at person
1. personae plural : the characters of a fictional presentation (as a novel or play)
comic personae
2. plural personas -nȧz : the social front, facade, or mark an individual assumes to depict to the world at large the role in life that he is playing — often contrasted with anima in the analytic psychology of C.G.Jung; compare ego 3
3.
[Medieval Latin, from Latin]
: a parson or rector of a parish
4.
[Late Latin, from Latin]
: juristic person
5. : person 9
II. noun
1. : a character assumed by an author in a written work
2. : the personality that a person projects in public : image 2 herein
differences between Lafayette as a public persona and the man at ease with social and intellectual equals — Michael Kammen