monde

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Monde \Monde\ (m[^o]Nd), n. [F. See {Mundane}.]
   The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. [R.] --A.
   Drummond.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Le beau monde} [F.], fashionable society. See {Beau monde}.
      

   {Demi monde}. See {Demimonde}.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "monde":
      Vanity Fair, beau monde, beautiful people, best people,
      cafe society, carriage trade, cream of society, drawing room,
      elite, fashionable society, good society, haut monde, high life,
      high society, in-crowd, jet set, jeunesse doree, people of fashion,
      polite society, right people, salon, smart set, social register,
      societe, society, the Four Hundred, upper crust, uppercut,
      world of fashion

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