What does CHARACTER mean?

noun

1. an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)“she is the main character in the novel”
2. a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something“each town has a quality all its own”
3. the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions“education has for its object the formation of character”
4. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play“she played the part of Desdemona”
5. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)“a real character”
6. good repute“he is a man of character”
7. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability“requests for character references are all too often answered evasively”
8. a written symbol that is used to represent speech“the Greek alphabet has 24 characters”