Bourgeois meaning
Of or characteristic of a bourgeois or the bourgeoisie; middle-class; also used variously to mean conventional, smug, materialistic, etc.
adjective
Bourgeois is French and means a member of the middle class.
An example of bourgeois are people living in moderately-priced suburban neighborhoods.
noun
In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist.
noun
A person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
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Of, relating to, or typical of the middle class, especially in holding conventional attitudes and materialistic values.
adjective
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The definition of bourgeois is relating to the middle class.
An example of bourgeois is a mid-priced restaurant where many locals frequent.
adjective
A person whose beliefs, attitudes, and practices are conventionally middle-class.
noun
A person belonging to the middle class.
noun
A self-employed person, as a shopkeeper or businessman.
noun
A member of the bourgeoisie, or middle class.
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A person with bourgeois values and attitudes.
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(politics, collectively) The middle class.
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(rare) An individual member of the middle class.
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A freeman of a medieval town.
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Origin of bourgeois
- French from Old French burgeis citizen of a town from bourg bourg bourg
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Borrowed from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Anglo-Norman burgeis (“town dweller”), from Old French borjois, from borc (“town”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“fortress”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrgʰ- (“fortified elevation”). The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish *burg or Late Latin *burgus, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
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