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Webster 1913 Edition
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)
- A class of women kept by wealthy protectors; female prostitutes as a group
- A group having little respect or reputation
- the literary demimonde
Translations
class of women