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Definition of Demimonde
1. Noun. A class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior.
Definition of Demimonde
1. n. Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.
Definition of Demimonde
1. Noun. A class of women kept by wealthy protectors; female prostitutes as a group ¹
2. Noun. A group having little respect or reputation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demimonde
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demimonde
Literary usage of Demimonde
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"It is this envy of the pleasures, and indifférence to the sins, of these women
of the demimonde which is doing such infinite mischief to the ..."
2. The Religion of a Literary Man: (Religio Scriptoris) by Richard Le Gallienne (1893)
"His latest evangel has been that of the demimonde and the music-hall. ... O happy
era of liberty, when POST- SCRIPT The Evangel of the demimonde and the ..."
3. Paris and its environs by Karl Baedeker (1878)
"Skating Kinks are chiefly patronised by members of the demimonde. The best are
the Skating Palace, Avenue duBois de Boulogne 55, and Skating Rink de la ..."
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