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Bourgeois

//ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.

    "bourgeois opinion"

  2. 2
    Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime. historical
  3. 3
    Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat. Marxism
Adjective
  1. 1
    belonging to the middle class wordnet
  2. 2
    conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class wordnet
  3. 3
    (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.
Noun
  1. 1
    The middle class. collective, plural-normally, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point. dated, uncountable
  3. 3
    a member of the middle class wordnet
  4. 4
    An individual member of the middle class. rare, uncountable, usually
  5. 5
    a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise wordnet
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  1. 6
    A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes. derogatory, uncountable, usually
  2. 7
    An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime. uncountable, usually
  3. 8
    A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat. Marxism, uncountable, usually

    "Der Bourgeois sieht in seiner Frau ein bloßes Produktionsinstrument. Er hört, daß die Produktionsinstrumente gemeinschaftlich ausgebeutet werden sollen, und kann sich natürlich nichts anderes denken, als daß das Los der Gemeinschaftlichkeit die Weiber gleichfalls treffen wird."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make bourgeois. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.

Etymology 4

From Middle English burjois, from French Bourgois, probably from Bourges (a city in France) + -ois (forming adjectives) but possibly from bourgeois above or after Jean de Bourgeois who worked as a printer in Rouen c. 1500.

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