Monde

Fr. in a military sense, means men or soldiers, viz. Ce capitaine n’avo it que la moit ié de son monde ; such a captain had only half his complement of men. On a perdue beaucoup de monde , Fr. They lost a considerable number of men. Il a un monde d’ennemis sur les bras , Fr. he is a ailed by a multiplicity of foes. Aller à l’autre monde , Fr. This expre ion bears the same import in English that it does in French, viz. to die—literally, to go into the other world. Le Nouveau Monde , Fr. This term is frequently used to denote America. Hence L’Ancien et le Nouveau Monde , means the two continents.