bourgeois: Meaning and Definition of

bour•geois

1. a member of the middle class.
2. a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability.
3. a shopkeeper or merchant.

1. belonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class.
2. conventional; middle-class.
3. dominated or characterized by materialistic pursuits or concerns.

bour•geois

1. a size of type approximately 9-point, between brevier and long primer.

Bour•geois

1. 1851–1925, French statesman: Nobel peace prize 1920.