haut monde
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of haut monde
From French
Example Sentences
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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
In scenes that included the haut monde, Minnelli was especially brilliant and derisive.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015
Scheming in embroidered cloche hats, it sipped tea and fingered jewels while listening to the gossip of the haut monde.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2014
In the decade that followed, Moscow’s night life was transformed by sleek clubs like Diaghilev, named for the dance impresario, where the young of the haut monde thrashed to bass-heavy electronica under laser lights.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2012
Ross retained the impassive expression he had been cultivating ever since he read in English "high life" novels descriptions of the bearing of men of the "haut monde."
From The Second Generation by Phillips, David Graham
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