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Debonaire vs Debonair - What's the difference?

debonaire | debonair | Alternative forms |

Debonair is a alternative form of debonaire.

Debonair is a descendant of debonaire.



As adjectives the difference between debonaire and debonair

is that debonaire is an alternative spelling of lang=en while debonair is gracious, courteous.

debonaire

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
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    debonair

    English

    Alternative forms

    * debonaire

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Gracious, courteous.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
    • Let be that Ladie debonaire , / Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire / To battell [...].
  • Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
  • (especially of men) Charming, confident and carefully dressed.

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