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DEBONNAIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does debonnaire mean?
• DEBONNAIRE (adjective)
The adjective DEBONNAIRE has 1 sense:
1. having a sophisticated charm
Familiarity information: DEBONNAIRE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a sophisticated charm
Synonyms:
debonair; debonaire; debonnaire; suave
Context example:
a debonair gentleman
Similar:
refined ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel)
Context examples
“I am right glad of it,” answered Sir Nigel; “for though it was against my vow to loose him, I deem that he has carried himself like a very gentle and debonnaire cavalier.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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