n. 1. pl. personas The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self. 2. pl. per·so·nas or per·so·nae (-nē) The character represented by the voice of the speaker or narrator in a literary work. 3. personae The characters in a dramatic or literary work. [Latin persōna; see PERSON.] |
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