Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Debonair'

[Le Débonnaire ]. Louis I. of France, sometimes called in English The Meek, son and succassor of Charlemagne; a man of courteous manners, cheerful temper, but effeminate and deficient in moral energy. (778, 814-840.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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