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mondaine

mon·daine [ mon dáyn ]


noun  (plural mon·daines)
Definition:
 
woman belonging to fashionable society: a woman who belongs to fashionable society



adjective 
Definition:
 
fashionable: relating to fashionable society, especially in being worldly or sophisticated

[Late 19th century. < French, feminine of mondain (see mundane)]
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