gens du monde

American  

[zhahn dy mawnd] / ʒɑ̃ dü ˈmɔ̃d /

plural noun

French.

1. people of the world; leaders in society; fashionable people.

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Etymology

Origin of gens du monde

First recorded in 1800–10; from French: literally, “people of the world”

Example Sentences

Thus, too, Renan, one of its most distinguished members, says that it is owing to the academy ``qu'on peut tout dire sans appareil scholastique avec la langue des gens du monde.''

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

I am gens du monde manqué and artiste manqué.

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

"I do not feel myself equal to the task of amusing a dozen gens du monde who are bored."

From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Schubin, Ossip

Chilly pointed to me and remarked: "Une flûte pour les gens du monde, il n'y a même pas de mie."

From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Bernhardt, Sarah