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What (who) is demimonde$19928$ - definition
demi-monde
'HALFWORLDER': ENLIGHTENMENT- AND ROMANTIC-ERA FRENCH TERM FOR A COURTIER WHO LIVES ON THE EDGE OF RESPECTABILITY; CONSIDERED SYNONYMOUS IN SOME CONTEXTS WITH PROSTITUTION
Demi-monde; Demi-Monde; Demimondaine; Demi monde; Demi-mondaine
n.
[Fr.] Questionable women (collectively), the kept-mistresses, the courtesan class.
demi-mondaine
'HALFWORLDER': ENLIGHTENMENT- AND ROMANTIC-ERA FRENCH TERM FOR A COURTIER WHO LIVES ON THE EDGE OF RESPECTABILITY; CONSIDERED SYNONYMOUS IN SOME CONTEXTS WITH PROSTITUTION
Demi-monde; Demi-Monde; Demimondaine; Demi monde; Demi-mondaine
['d?m?m?n?de?n]
¦ noun a woman considered to belong to the demi-monde.
Origin
from Fr.
demi-monde
'HALFWORLDER': ENLIGHTENMENT- AND ROMANTIC-ERA FRENCH TERM FOR A COURTIER WHO LIVES ON THE EDGE OF RESPECTABILITY; CONSIDERED SYNONYMOUS IN SOME CONTEXTS WITH PROSTITUTION
Demi-monde; Demi-Monde; Demimondaine; Demi monde; Demi-mondaine
[?d?m?'m?nd]
¦ noun a group considered to be on the fringes of respectable society.
Origin
C19: Fr. (orig. with ref. to 19th-cent. France and the class of women considered morally dubious), lit. 'half-world'.
