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Demeanor

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Demeanor
Demeanor De*mean"or, n. [Written also {demeanour}.] [For demeanure, fr. demean. See {Demean}, v. t.] 1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. [1913 Webster]

His demeanor was singularly pleasing. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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