Demimonde
English Meaning
Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.
- A class of women kept by wealthy lovers or protectors.
- Women prostitutes considered as a group.
- A group whose respectability is dubious or whose success is marginal: the literary demimonde of ghost writers, hacks, and publicists. Also called demiworld.