Definitions | bourgeois |
| adjective
- of or related to middle class attitudes and conventions.
- belonging to the middle class.
- of, or related to capitalist exploitation of the working class.
Etymology: Borrowed from the French < Old French burgeis (town dweller) < borc (town) < Frankish - burg < Proto-Germanic
- burgs (fortress) < Proto-Indo-European
- bhrgh (fortified elevation).
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