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 (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: 'person who lives in a town', from Old French borjois, from borc 'town', from Latin burgus 'castle, town defended by a wall']
belonging to the middle class
::She came from a respectable bourgeois family.
::bourgeois morality
too interested in having a lot of possessions and a high position in society
::the Sixties backlash against bourgeois materialism
belonging to or typical of the part of society that is rich, educated, owns land etc, according to Marxism
-see also proletarian proletarian -- bourgeois n [C]
-see also petty bourgeois