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homme du monde

[ awm dy-mawnd ]
/ ɔm dü ˈmɔ̃d /
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noun, plural hommes du monde [awm dy-mawnd]. /ɔm dü ˈmɔ̃d/. French.
a man of the world; a sophisticate.
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How to use homme du monde in a sentence

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

    When It Was Dark|Guy Thorne

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

    The Way of Ambition|Robert Hichens

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

    Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life|Mary Alsop King Waddington

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

    An Englishman in Paris|Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
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