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Synonyms for beau monde


Grammar : Noun
Spell : boh mond; French boh mawnd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈboʊ ˈmɒnd; French boʊ ˈmɔ̃d



Définition of beau monde

Origin :
  • also beau-monde, "the fashionable world," 1714, French; see beau + monde, from Latin mundus "world" (see mundane).
  • noun fashionable elite
Example sentences :
  • I chose the latter, on account of the beau monde which the soldier had boasted of.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Complete » by Anthony Hamilton
  • How full of the savour and luxurious tang of the beau monde!
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • "They have calumniated the beau monde," mused he in leaving.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIV, May 1852, Vol. IV » by Various
  • There is too much taste in the beau monde to higgle about certain services.
  • Extract from : « Harmonies of Political Economy » by Frdric Bastiat
  • "Not regularly handsome, I admit, my dear," Mrs. Beau Monde would say.
  • Extract from : « Jessamine » by Marion Harland
  • The "Beau Monde" might have been described as a magazine for the standardizing of the newly-rich.
  • Extract from : « Love's Pilgrimage » by Upton Sinclair
  • There can be no question but that the middle-class fashion designer revenges himself upon the beau monde.
  • Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
  • You used to have the beau monde throng after you, and a flock of gay fine perukes hovering round you.
  • Extract from : « The Way of the World » by William Congreve
  • I hear that there is great anxiety prevalent in the beau monde on the score of invitations.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
  • The gossip of the Washington beau monde, very naturally furnished a theme for the lively tongues of the needle-women.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

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