beau monde
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beau monde
(bō mŏnd′, môNd′)n. pl. beaux mondes (bō môNd′) or beau mondes (bō mŏndz′)
The world of fashionable society.
[French : beau, good + monde, world, society.]
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beau monde
(ˈbəʊ ˈmɒnd; French bo mɔ̃d)n
the world of fashion and society
[C18: French, literally: fine world]
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beau monde
(ˈboʊ ˈmɒnd, ˈmɔ̃d)n.
the fashionable world; high society.
[1705–15; < French: literally, fine world]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() Four Hundred - the exclusive social set of a city elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status |
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