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homme du monde

American  
[awm dy mawnd] / ɔm dü ˈmɔ̃d /

noun

French.

plural

hommes du monde
  1. a man of the world; a sophisticate.


Example Sentences

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"As an homme de race," said the American lady eagerly, with the true Republican appreciation of blood and title, "as an homme du monde, as a..."

From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Vorst, Marie Van

She never speaks of the King otherwise than as l’homme du monde le plus aimable, as the meilleur ami, and le plus honn�te homme du monde.

From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

He is a tall, handsome homme du monde, rather English looking, very young.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

It is my nature to speak frankly; perhaps you may call it brutally, but I am not homme du monde.

From The Way of Ambition by Soper, J. H. Gardner

II est vrai, messieurs, que je suis le premier homme du monde pour faire des fagots ...

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham