haute monde

noun

as in nobility

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  1. nobility
  2. royalty
  3. society
  4. quality
  5. peerage
  6. gentry
  7. gentility
  8. upper crust
Noun
  • He was branded a heretic, in part for preaching that the nobility were immoral and so was nobility itself.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Originally published in Esquire magazine, this group portrait of jazz nobility was photographed at 17 East 126th Street in New York City.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of nobility
Noun
  • The writers’ bread and butter comes from not just streaming but performance royalties.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For Parton, though, the song’s success was about more than charts or royalties.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of royalty
Noun
  • This marks a larger shift in how healthcare is administered globally, with many aging societies transitioning from hospital-centric care to more personalized and accessible options which are embedded in neighborhoods and communities.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The company has also received an Approval In Principle (AIP) with a maritime classification society.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of society
Noun
  • The centre-back hopes signing for Birmingham will bring out latent leadership qualities.
    — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • None of the lead articles compare firms that adopted these AI processes with otherwise similar firms that did not, on realized strategy quality or long-run performance.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of quality
Noun
  • An initial request asks King to modify seven pages featuring the Dame Winifred Harcourt character, including an anecdote that parodied Skeffington-Lodge’s fumbled attempt to secure a peerage.
    — Charlie Tyson, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In addition to seeking Mandelson’s withdrawal from the House of Lords, Starmer has sought to strip him of his peerage — a somewhat Herculean task that can only be done through an act of parliament.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of peerage
Noun
  • Parker will play Mary Washington, George’s strong willed mother, while Rodgers will play Sally Cary, the charming beauty of the Virginia gentry who first sees his potential.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Grammer will play Lord Fairfax, the unofficial leader of the Virginia gentry who has a complicated relationship to young George Washington as both his crucial mentor and as the father of his romantic rival.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of gentry
Noun
  • At Montage Big Sky, a 139-room wood-and-stone main structure dispenses with antler chandeliers and wagon wheels in favor of easygoing American gentility.
    — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
  • Before the yuppie era, a certain staid gentility prevailed.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of gentility
Noun
  • Even outside of Law’s upper crust of prospects, the Dodgers have intriguing pieces such as right-hander Christian Zazueta who would fill in credibly as headliners for a trade.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • She’s being raised in upper crust Gilead society, tutored in a private girls’ school led by Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) for a potential prosperous husband, specifically one in the upper ranks of the military.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 27 May 2026
Definition of upper crust
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“Haute monde.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haute%20monde. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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