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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