homme du monde

[ awm dy mawnd ]

noun

, French.

, plural hommes du monde [awm d, y, , mawnd].

1. a man of the world; a sophisticate.

Example Sentences

He is a tall, handsome homme du monde, rather English looking, very young.

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Lors sen va en son tref, et prent deux des hommes du monde ou plus il se fie, et leur dist, “Venez auec moy et vous verrez le plus riche homme du monde.”

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I was frequently invited by Dean Waddington, who was a man of stately presence, "grand seigneur, fastueux, homme du monde," and had a great reputation for learning and cleverness; but in my acquaintance with him he seemed to care for nothing but his dinner, and his chief topic of conversation was his sherry of 1815, for which he gave �12 a dozen.

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Itin�raire du savant, de l'artiste, de l'homme du monde et du colon; par Quetin. 18mo.

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"As an homme de race," said the American lady eagerly, with the true Republican appreciation of blood and title, "as an homme du monde, as a..."

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