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Also spelled debonnair

US /dɛbəˈnɛɹ/ UK /dɛbəˈneə(ɹ)/
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Meanings

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    noun

    Debonaire behaviour; graciousness.

    But yet, shall my vanity extend only to personals, such as the gracefulness of dress, my debonnaire, and my assurance—Self-taught, self-acquired, these!

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Synonyms
1 adj · having a sophisticated charm debonairedebonnairesuave
Word family
Derived forms debonairlydebonairness

Etymology

From Old French debonaire, from the phrase de bon aire (“of good stock, noble”).

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