débrouillard

[ dey-broo-yar ]

adjective
  1. skilled at adapting to any situation; resourceful.

noun,plural dé·brouil·lards [dey-broo-yar]. /deɪ bruˈyar/.
  1. a resourceful person who can act independently or cope with any development.

Origin of débrouillard

1
First recorded in 1890–95; from French débrouiller “to disentangle” (from dé- de- + brouiller “to make cloudy, confuse, quarrel”) + -ard -ard; cf. embroil

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