panache Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun distinctive and stylish elegance
    dash; elan; style; flair.
    • he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
  2. noun a feathered plume on a helmet

WordNet

Pa*nache" noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. penna a feather. See Pen a feather.
Definitions
  1. A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.
    A panache of variegated plumes. Prescott.

Webster 1913