character

[I]n a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of the piece must be advanced foremost to the view of the reader or spectator; he must outshine the rest of all the characters; he must appear the prince of them, like the sun in the Copernican system, encompassed with the less noble planets …

A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.

A man of […] thoroughly subservient character

He has a great deal of character.

Julius Caesar is a great historical character.

It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye.

an inscription in the Runic character

We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers.

in the miserable character of a slave

a man's character for truth and veracity