单词 | bourgeoise |
释义 | bourgeoisen.1 Now rare. With plural and singular agreement. The bourgeoisie; bourgeois people.In some examples bourgeoisie or bourgeois may be the word intended. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie burgessy1533 menalty1548 middle class1654 middling class1745 middling1751 bourgeoise1769 bourgeoisie1774 petite bourgeoisie1846 petty bourgeoisie1850 middling interest1857 upper middle class1864 middle-middle-class1886 well-heeled1897 small bourgeoisie1970 1769 J. Hall-Stevenson Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued IV. 56 These places are chiefly frequented by the Bourgeoise of Paris. 1775 J. Burgh Polit. Disquis. III. ii. 97 The nobility and gentry would recover that superiority over the bourgeoise, which they so much desire. 1793 Brit. Critic July 355 An house of education for young women to the number of 480, one half of which consists of nobility, and the other of the bourgeoise. 1824 Portfolio 3 137/1 A native of one of the small German principalities, I belonged to the superior order of the bourgeoise. 1855 S. Copland tr. Reign of Terror 264 The patriots took to flight; the old bourgeoise reappeared, and assembled at the Hotel-de-ville. 1902 J. Lamber Romance my Childhood & Youth xviii. 187 Their friend..says that the bourgeoise have stolen property from the nobility, and that poor people should now steal it from the bourgeoise. 1932 V. de Balla New Balance of Power in Europe v. 179 The French Socialists will go into war against their will, and a great part of the ‘bourgeoise’ will do so with little ‘élan’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bourgeoisen.2adj. A. n.2 A female bourgeois (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie > woman bourgeoise1772 petite bourgeoise1846 Mrs Dale1954 1772 London Mag. July 310/2 It was my fortune to make the partie, at this last, of one of the richest bourgeoises of the town. [Note] Citizens Wives. 1790 J. Dornford tr. J. S. Pütter Hist. Devel. German Empire III. xi. iii. 29 The marriage of a German Prince with a Lady of inferior nobility, is as much a morganatic marriage as if he married a Bourgeoise, or daughter of a Burgher. 1829 G. P. R. James Richelieu III. iii. 63 During the dinner, at which the bourgeoise waited herself, she was not a little surprised to hear [etc.]. 1889 Eclectic Mag. July 101/1 The [Spanish] woman of the people may be a somewhat coarse figure, but she is certainly much more of a figure than the bourgeoise. 1916 W. L. Phelps Advance Eng. Novel iv. 96 A bourgeoise is much more careful in her ‘company manners’ than a duchess. 1941 Life 24 Feb. 83/3 In Antwerp he met a pretty, bourgeoise girl called Firelei. 1959 Listener 10 Dec. 1051/2 A garrulous bourgeoise. 2004 F. Rochefort in S. Paletschek & B. Pietrow-Ennker Women's Emancipation Movements 19th Cent. 86 The women designated by socialists as ‘bourgeoises’ were for the most part situated well to the left on the political spectrum. B. adj. Of a woman or girl: bourgeois. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > middle-class or bourgeois > woman bourgeoise1774 Mrs Dale-ish1961 1774 J. Burgoyne Maid of Oaks ii. 25 The same Lady appeared yesterday at court, in a ribband collier, having laid aside her diamond necklace..as totally bourgeoise and unnecessary for the dress of a woman of fashion. 1839 M. W. Shelley Lives Eminent Lit. & Sci. Men of France II. 261 Manon Phlipon was of bourgeoise, and even humble, though respectable birth. 1868 C. M. Yonge in Macmillan's Mag. May 73/2 Mademoiselle Laurent! [Note] This was the title of bourgeoise wives, for many years, in France. 1930 A. Huxley Brief Candles 189 How can you be so disgustingly bourgeoise, Pamela? So crass, so crawling? 1981 M. Patterson Peter Stein i. 16 Luise Miller, a bourgeoise girl, is loved by a young nobleman, Ferdinand. 2003 I. Fahmy Around World with Isis 70 In press circles, I was considered very bourgeoise and my ownership of a Buick was much criticised. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11769n.2adj.1772 |
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