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beau monde

[boh mond; Fr. boh mawnd]
–noun
the fashionable world; high society.

Origin:
1705–15; < F: lit., fine world. See beau, monde
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beau monde   (bō mŏnd', môɴd')   
n.   pl. beaux mondes (bō môɴd') or beau mondes (bō mŏndz')
The world of fashionable society.

[French : beau, good + monde, world, society.]
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