See Also: bourgeois(1)(dictionary)
bourgeois(2)(dictionary)
bourgeois(dictionary)
Bourgeois Pig(tourism)
petit bourgeois(dictionary)
Bourgeois, Louise(encyclopedia)
petit bourgeois(dictionary)
petty bourgeois(dictionary)
Bourgeois, Leon (-Victor-Auguste)(encyclopedia)

bourgeois(1) (iou)



bourgeois adjective & noun2. M16.
[French: see BURGESS.]
A. adjective.
1. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling, the bourgeois (see sense B. below); middle-class; conventionally respectable and unimaginative, humdrum; selfishly materialistic; capitalistic, reactionary. M16.
2. Of French wine: next in quality to wines classified as the best. E20.
B. noun. Pl. same.
1. Orig., a (French) citizen or freeman of a city or burgh, as distinct from a peasant or a gentleman. Now, any member of the middle class. L17.
2. In Communist or socialist writing: a capitalist, an exploiter of the proletariat. derog. L19.
3. A socially or aesthetically conventional person, a philistine. derog. M20.
? See also PETIT BOURGEOIS, petty bourgeois s.v. PETTY adjective, ePATER les bourgeois.
bourgeoisdom noun (the political ascendancy of) the bourgeoisie L19.
bourgeoisification noun the action of bourgeoisifying a community etc. M20.
bourgeoisify verb trans. convert to a bourgeois outlook or way of life M20.