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  Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumont  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
beau monde
 
PRONUNCIATION:  b mnd, môd
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. beaux mondes (  b môd) or beau mondes (b mndz)
The world of fashionable society.
ETYMOLOGY:French : beau, good + monde, world, society.
 
 
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CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumont  
 
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