monde : Idioms & Phrases

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beau monde

  • noun the fashionable elite
    bon ton; society; smart set; high society.
WordNet
Beau` monde"
Etymology
F. beau fine + monde world.
Definitions
  1. The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety. Prior.
Webster 1913

Demi monde

  • . See Demimonde.
Webster 1913

Le beau monde

  • F., fashionable society. See Beau monde.
Webster 1913