Demimonde
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɛmiːmɒnd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Demimonde is a noun meaning (by extension) A group having little respect or reputation.
Meaning
(by extension) A group having little respect or reputation.
More Meanings
- (by extension) A member of such a class or group of persons.
- (chiefly historical (19th-century France)) A class of women maintained by wealthy protectors; female courtesans or prostitutes as a group.
Example Sentences
the literary demimonde
Skating Rinks are chiefly patronised by members of the demi[-]monde.
Racing is confined almost exclusively to the upper and middle classes in Hungary, though it is always attended by numbers of the demi[-]monde.
To give a good and solid education to the gentle sex would tend to double the army of progress, to draw closer the domestic relations, and to annihilate that extra-conjugal society (the demi[-]monde of [Alexandre] Dumas the younger) which is now so very prosperous.
Word Forms
- demimondes
- demi-monde
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mademoiselle, mistressdom, modette, minx, mamzelle, monarchess.
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