[per.so.na] n, pl per.so.nae or personas [L] (1909) 1: a character assumed by an author in a written work
2. a pl personas [NL, fr. L]: an individual's social facade or front that esp. in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung reflects the role in life the individual is playing--compare anima b: the personality that a person (as an actor or politician) projects in public: image 3 pl personae: a character in a fictional presentation (as a novel or play)--usu. used in pl. "comic personae"