haut
- a variation of haute.
Example Sentences
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Condorcet’s condescension—his de haut en bas economics—has had a long shelf life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
While in Switzerland, she persuades the haut monde that she is a wealthy widow — and earns the admiration of two eligible suitors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2019
More important, the government and the Indians used their trade agreements to stabilize the pays d’en haut, reduce the chance of war, and protect each other from their Dutch, English, and Iroquois rivals.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Still, vestiges of the Century’s haut monde past remain.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2016
The piece performed was “Les Femmes Terribles”––and a terribly Gallic flavour there was diffused over the whole performance––a kind of haut goût, for which we stolid islanders have, happily, no relish.
From Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia by Windham, W. G.
