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bourgeois

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Adjective

  1. Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
  2. Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
  3. Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.

Noun

  1. The middle class.
  2. An individual member of the middle class.
  3. A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
  4. An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
  5. A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
  6. A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.

Verb

  1. To make bourgeois.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from French.

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