noun

• (countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
  "[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 …"
• (countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.
  "A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2."
• (uncountable, countable) A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.
  "A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out."
• (uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
  "He has a great deal of character."

verb

• (obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.
  "O Roſalind, theſe Trees ſhall be my Bookes, / And in their barkes my thoughts Ile charracter, / That euery eye, which in this Forreſt lookes, / Shall ſee thy vertue witneſt euery where."