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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Demimonde

· Dem·i·monde · IPA /ˈdɛmiˌmɑnd/
01 n. Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.
  1. 1.
    Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.
Phrases & compounds
Literary demimonde — writers of the lowest kind.