0 the people in a particular society who are rich and fashionable
He was seated on a big boulder at the roadside, enjoying the shade, and was evidently on his way by foot to the Castle gates to watch the beau monde assembling for the review.
Provided she could procure the means of satisfying her taste for dress, and of making a figure in the beau monde, no other concerns ever disturbed her imagination.
We sup at your brother's to-night, with all the beau monde of Quebec: we shall be superbly entertained, I know.
Well, if she does, I shall perhaps have a glimpse at the beau monde. I wonder if all the men in society look as high-bred as he does?