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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bour•geois1 /bʊrˈʒwɑ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -geois, adj. n. [countable] - Governmenta member of the bourgeoisie.
- Governmenta person interested in material things and concerned with respectability.
adj. - Governmentbelonging to or characteristic of the middle class:typically bourgeois values.
- characterized by or concerned with material things and respectability.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bour•geois1 (bŏŏr zhwä′, bŏŏr′zhwä; Fr. bo̅o̅r zhwa′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -geois, adj. n. - Governmenta member of the middle class.
- Governmenta person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability.
- Governmenta shopkeeper or merchant.
adj. - Governmentbelonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class.
- Governmentconventional;
middle-class. - Governmentdominated or characterized by materialistic pursuits or concerns.
- Middle French; Old French borgeis burgess
- 1555–65
bour•geois2 (bər jois′),USA pronunciation n. [Print.]- a size of type approximately 9-point, between brevier and long primer.
- perh. from a printer so named 1815–25
Lé•on Vic•tor Au•guste (lā ôn′ vēk tôr′ ō gyst′),USA pronunciation 1851–1925, French statesman: Nobel peace prize 1920.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bourgeois /ˈbʊəʒwɑː; bʊəˈʒwɑː/ often derogatory n ( pl -geois)- a member of the middle class, esp one regarded as being conservative and materialistic or (in Marxist thought) a capitalist exploiting the working class
- a mediocre, unimaginative, or materialistic person
adj - characteristic of, relating to, or comprising the middle class
- conservative or materialistic in outlook: a bourgeois mentality
- (in Marxist thought) dominated by capitalists or capitalist interests
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French borjois, burgeis burgher, citizen, from bourg town; see burgessbourgeoise /ˈbʊəʒwɑːz; bʊəˈʒwɑːz/ fem n Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Bourgeois /French: burʒwa/ n - Léon Victor Auguste. (leɔ̃ viktɔr oɡyst). 1851–1925, French statesman; first chairman of the League of Nations: Nobel peace prize 1920
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