Sentence:  I was called to see B. J., a <WSD>demimonde</WSD> and opium habitue, and found her suffering intensely with pain over the right upper chest, neck and arm, and numbness in the right little finger and one-half of the ring finger. ... Diagnosis—brachialgia following traumatism. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A member of such a class or group of persons.