person of importance; person to be reckoned with; somebody
Used of a person with recognized ability, influence, or presence. Often has a written or somewhat formal feel, similar to saying someone is not just an ordinary person.
He is a person of importance in local politics.
若い頃から、彼女は将来一人物になると言われていた。
Ever since she was young, people said she would become somebody someday.
one person; one figure; one character
A written or analytical use for one individual personage or one character in a work. It is not the normal everyday way to count people; use 一人 for simple counting.
評論では、語り手を作品中の一人物として扱うことがある。
In criticism, the narrator is sometimes treated as one character within the work.
彼もまた、維新期を生きた一人物である。
He too was one figure who lived through the Restoration period.
He is known as a person of note in this industry.
He's quite an impressive person.