# The Devil’s Dictionary — Character guide

> Key figures in The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.

- [Unknown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/unknown_narrator.md): This narrator speaks as 'I' and 'me' throughout the definitions, a cynic who prefers dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, and wit to humor. He is indebted to Father Gassalasca Jape for illustrative verses yet insists 
- [Lord Cadde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/lord_cadde.md): Lord Cadde surfaces across the Dictionary as a narrator and cited authority, the kind of figure who footnotes himself and treats intestinal gases as a serious subject for a monograph. He embodies the book's habit of dres
- [Old Paunchinello](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/old_paunchinello.md): Old Paunchinello appears in the Dictionary's illustrative verses as a freshly wed husband who takes his bride straight to the table and feeds 'as fast as he was able.' His oblivious cry of 'I dote upon good grub' against
- [John Elmer Pettibone Cajee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/john_elmer_pettibone_cajee.md): John Elmer Pettibone Cajee belongs to the Dictionary's cast of mock-verifiable persons, the sort of name that appears in definitions as though everyone should already know him. He is less a plotted character than a fixtu
- [Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/death.md): Death moves through the Dictionary as both a personified power and a punchline, quoted in verse and invoked in definitions with the familiarity of a neighbor. In one passage a damned youth, reared from coals, writes a fo
- [James F. Bowman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/james_f_bowman.md): A deceased character referenced in definitions.
- [Andrew Carnegie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/andrew_carnegie.md): The famous industrialist, satirized in definitions.
- [Rev. John Satan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/rev_john_satan.md): A clerical figure named Satan, appearing in definitions.
- [David](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/david.md): Biblical David, referenced in definitions.
- [Satan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/satan.md): The Devil, appearing in multiple definitions.
- [The Dullards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/the_dullards.md): A family or group referenced in definitions.
- [The Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/the_master.md): A title character appearing in definitions.
- [Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/christ.md): Jesus Christ, referenced in definitions.
- [Homer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/homer.md): The ancient Greek poet, referenced in definitions.
- [Pharaoh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/pharaoh.md): Biblical Pharaoh, referenced in definitions.
- [Juno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/juno.md): Roman goddess, referenced in definitions.
- [Shakespeare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/shakespeare.md): The playwright, referenced in definitions.
- [Aristotle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/aristotle.md): The philosopher, referenced in definitions.
- [General Barry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/general_barry.md): A military figure in definitions.
- [Father Gassalasca Jape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/father_jape.md): A clergyman character appearing in definitions.
- [B](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/b.md): A letter personified in definitions.
- [Moses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/moses.md): Biblical prophet, referenced in definitions.
- [Sirrahs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/sirrahs.md): A group addressed in definitions.
- [Dr. Samuel Johnson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/dr_samuel_johnson.md): The lexicographer, referenced in definitions.
- [Angel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/angel.md): A celestial being in definitions.
- [Plato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/plato.md): Greek philosopher, referenced in definitions.
- [Sir Lavender Portwine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/sir_lavender_portwine.md): A knight character in definitions.
- [Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/eve.md): Biblical first woman, referenced in definitions.
- [Horizontalists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/horizontalists.md): A group referenced in definitions.
- [A](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/a.md): A letter personified in definitions.
- [Solomon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/solomon.md): Biblical king, referenced in definitions.

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