gens du monde

[ zhahn dy mawnd ]

plural noun

, French.

1. people of the world; leaders in society; fashionable people.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gens du monde¹

First recorded in 1800–10; from French: literally, “people of the world”

Example Sentences

Other engaging examples include "National Gallery," veteran Frederick Wiseman's look at the British art institution; "Les Gens du Monde," an involving examination of how journalism works at the French daily Le Monde; and "The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films," a genial portrait of the days when Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were unavoidable presences in the international film world.

From Los Angeles Times

Gradually he gave greater attention to this more congenial work, and finally ceased working as an engineer to become the director of the journal Les Gens du monde.

From Project Gutenberg

He had now ceased to be director of Les Gens du monde; but he was engaged as ordinary caricaturist of Le Charivari, and, whilst making the fortune of the paper, he made his own.

From Project Gutenberg

We are quite entre nous, only Lis, Princess Zriny, that eccentric Hungarian, Marinia L�wenskiold, a good friend of yours, you remember her, a few diplomats, etc.; and we are bored as only gens du monde are bored if they have been together under the same roof for ten days.

From Project Gutenberg

"I do not feel myself equal to the task of amusing a dozen gens du monde who are bored."

From Project Gutenberg