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Demimonde

Demˊi-monde′

,
Noun.
[F.;
demi
+
monde
world, L.
mundus
.]
Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.
Literary demimonde
,
writers of the lowest kind.

Definition 2024


demimonde

demimonde

English

Noun

demimonde (plural demimondes)

  1. A class of women kept by wealthy protectors; female prostitutes as a group
  2. A group having little respect or reputation
    the literary demimonde

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