a. [ OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire, debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair, F. débonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L. bonus) + aire. See Air, and Bounty, and cf. Bonair. ] Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Was never prince so meek and debonair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. debonaireté, F. débonnaireté. ] Debonairness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Courteously; elegantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Old form of debauch. ] To debauch. [ Obs. ] “A deboshed lady.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Debauchment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Debouched p. pr. & vb. n. Debouching. ] [ F. déboucher; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca the cheek. Cf. Disembogue. ] To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Battalions debouching on the plain. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geog.) To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge out into an open valley or a plain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

The débouchés were ordered widened to afford easy egress. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]