noun. undefined

noun. A class of women supported by wealthy lovers and considered to be promiscuous or otherwise unrespectable.

noun. Women prostitutes considered as a group.

noun. A group whose respectability is dubious:

noun. A term introduced by Alexandre Dumas the younger to denote (as defined by himself) that class of women who occupy an equivocal position between women of good reputation and social standing on the one hand and courtezans on the other; women of equivocal reputation and standing in society.

noun. Commonly, but less correctly, courtezans in general.

noun. Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.

noun. writers of the lowest kind.

noun. A class of women kept by wealthy protectors; female prostitutes as a group

noun. A group having little respect or reputation

noun. a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

"Where else but San Francisco would an underground gourmet produce market become the destination for the downtown demimonde to purchase kombucha and bergamot marmalade on their weekend nights?"

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