beau monde

[ boh mond; French boh mawnd ]

/ ˈboʊ ˈmɒnd; French boʊ ˈmɔ̃d /

the fashionable world; high society.

Origin of beau monde

1705–15; < French: literally, fine world. See beau, monde

Sir H. I should ask you that question, madam, since your ladyship makes the beau-monde wherever you come.

The Constant Couple |George Farquhar
The affair is already creating some excitement among the beau-monde.

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 |Various
Others again--and these are the beau-monde--are wont to assume a half-Persian costume.

Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute |Theo. F. Rodenbough
Within these four pillars, in a kind of magic rotundo, all the beau-monde of London move perpetually round and round.

Travels in England in 1782 |Charles P. Moritz

Has he not an uncle a Bishop, and has he not the élite of the beau-monde to hear him?

The London Pulpit |J. Ewing Ritchie

beau monde

/ (ˈbəʊ ˈmɒnd, French bo mɔ̃d) /

the world of fashion and society

C18: French, literally: fine world