Definition of "debonair" [deb•o•nair]

• Suave; urbane. (adjective)
• Affable; genial. (adjective)
• Carefree and gay; jaunty. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The term debonair was indeed coined for Powell, and Lombard makes for an adorable ditz."
• "Agnes is said of agna a lamb, for she was humble and debonair as a lamb, or of agnos in Greek, which is to say debonair and piteous, for she was debonair and merciful."
• "Ricardo Montalban was perhaps best known as the debonair Mr. Roarke on the popular TV-show "Fantasy Island.""