Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demeanor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demeanor \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
demeanor
n : behavioral attributes [syn: {demeanour}, {behavior}, {behaviour},
{conduct}, {deportment}]
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