beau monde
[boh mond, boh mawnd]
/ ˈboʊ ˈmɒnd, boʊ ˈmɔ̃d /
NOUN
fashionable elite
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Example Sentences
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Beau-monde suddenly awoke to the recollection that, "after all, Mrs. Aubrey belonged to one of the wealthiest and first families in the state."
From Macaria by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
