homme du monde

[ awm dy mawnd ]

noun

, French.

, plural hommes du monde [awm d, y, , mawnd].

1. a man of the world; a sophisticate.

Example Sentences

Scholars admitted his scholarship, and ordinary men and women welcomed him as homme du monde.

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

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

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And during that time he slumbered peacefully, "en homme du monde," said Nestor Roqueplan, "without snoring."

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