De*mean"or (?), n. [Written also
demeanour.] [For demeanure, fr. demean. See Demean, v. t.] 1. Management; treatment;
conduct. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton.
2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay.
The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.
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