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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bourgeois \Bour*geois"\, n. [From a French type founder named
Bourgeois, or fr F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence
applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and
long primer: cf G. bourgeois, borgis Cf {Burgess}.]
(Print.)
A size of type between long primer and brevier. See {Type}.
Note: This line is printed in bourgeois type
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bourgeois \Bour*geois"\, n. [F., fr bourg town; of German
origin. See {Burgess}.]
A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping
class. [France.] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in
France.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bourgeois
adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning
class and exploitive of the working class
2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle
class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: {conservative}, {materialistic}]
3: belonging to the middle class
n 1: engages in industrial commercial enterprise [syn: {businessperson}]
2: a member of the middle class [syn: {burgher}]
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