DRAMATIS PERSONAE Meaning of DRAMATIS PERSONAE in English [ ˌdramətɪs pə:'səʊnʌɪ , -ni: ]■ plural noun the characters of a play, novel, or narrative.OriginC18: from L., lit. 'persons of the drama'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004