Usually means: Cheerful friendliness, geniality, and warmth.
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  1. bonhomie: Merriam-Webster
  2. bonhomie: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bonhomie: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bonhomie: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bonhomie: Vocabulary.com
  6. bonhomie: Wordnik
  7. bonhomie: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bonhomie: Wiktionary
  9. bonhomie: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bonhomie: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bonhomie: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Bonhomie, bonhomie: Dictionary.com
  13. bonhomie: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Bonhomie: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. bonhomie: Rhymezone
  16. Bonhomie: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. bonhomie: FreeDictionary.org
  18. bonhomie: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. bonhomie: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Bonhomie: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. bonhomie: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

(Note: See bonhomies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
noun:  (uncountable) An atmosphere of friendliness and good cheer.
noun:  (countable) A cheerful remark.

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