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Definition of Beau monde
1. Noun. The fashionable elite.
Member holonyms: Four Hundred
Generic synonyms: Elite, Elite Group
Definition of Beau monde
1. Noun. (dated) The fashionable part of society. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beau Monde
Literary usage of Beau monde
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"14) to ' enjoy the happiness of the beau monde and the company of men of genius,'
and he stayed in London for a year, where ho never managed ..."
2. Old Paris: Its Court and Literary Salons by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1880)
"The face resumed its smoothness and fairness, and after a season of retirement
at Chantilly, she reappeared, we are told, in the beau monde, '' dans tout I ..."
3. Passages from My Autobiography by Morgan (Sydney) (1859)
"St. Thomas Aquinas was the fashionable resort of the beau monde. Lady Morgan to
Lady Clarke. MY DEAR LOVE, Hotel du Tibre, Rue de Helder, Paris, Sunday, ..."
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