demimonde
[noun]
Synonyms: harlot, blowen, courtesan, demimondaine, demirep, fancy woman, hetaera, kept woman, paphian, whore

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

dem·i·monde (děmē-mŏnd)
n.
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■ 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.

[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲

demimonde
[French demi-monde : demi-, demi- + monde, world (from Latin mundus).]

[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲