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3 definitions found 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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