beau monde
the fashionable world; high society.
Origin of beau monde
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How to use beau monde in a sentence
At least this is as far as my observation of him goes on the few occasions I have seen him in the beau monde.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThere can be no question but that the middle-class fashion designer revenges himself upon the beau monde.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | AnonymousThere was no alternative; we all got up, and in a short time were amid the beau monde of these parts.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 | Maria R. AudubonWatteau prevailed with them over John Stuart Mill—in a word, they spoke of the beau monde.
Seventeen | Booth TarkingtonThe toilettes of the whole beau monde were in activity from sunny morn to dewy eve; and from dewy eve to waxlighted midnight.
British Dictionary definitions for beau monde
/ (ˈbəʊ ˈmɒnd, French bo mɔ̃d) /
the world of fashion and society
Origin of beau monde
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