A character is one of the persons of a television program or other piece of literature. "It would be well if character and reputation were used distinctively. In truth, character is what a person is; reputation is what he is supposed to be." Abott.
1. http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=character
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