demimonde

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɛmiːmɒnd/

名詞

広義

(chiefly historical (19th-century France)) A class of women maintained by wealthy protectors; female courtesans or prostitutes as a group. / (by extension) A group having little respect or reputation.

日本語の意味

歴史的には、裕福な保護者に支えられる女性層、すなわち高級娼婦や妓女としての集団を指す。 / 拡張的には、あまり尊敬や信用を受けない、風評の低い集団を意味する。

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She moved effortlessly between polite society and the demimonde, where wealthy patrons ensured her comfort.

彼女は礼儀正しい社交界と囲われた女性たちの世界を難なく行き来し、富裕な保護者たちが彼女の生活を支えた。

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意味（1）

(chiefly historical (19th-century France)) A class of women maintained by wealthy protectors; female courtesans or prostitutes as a group.

A most remarkable instance of this was afforded in the play of Camille by the performance of the supper-scene. The stage in this scene is supposed to represent a supper-room, enlivened by the presence of a party of young Parisians, more gay, indeed, than respectable, but still Parisians, and Parisians of the demimonde, which, of the two halves that go to make up the whole of the monde, preserves the hemisphere of manners while it throws away the hemisphere of decorum.

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意味（2）

(by extension) A group having little respect or reputation.

the literary demimonde

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意味（3）

(by extension) A member of such a class or group of persons.

Those who seek pleasure in a round of dances and fashionable frolic, where the german and the horse-race, the card-table and the drive, are the order of the day, will gather to the sea side and the spa; they will seek Newport, the maelstrom of money; or Long Branch with its broiling sun and its retinue of demimondes and stuck-up-ities; […]

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demimondes （ plural ）