Bourgeois


a member of the middle class.
a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by concern for property values and conventional respectability.
a shopkeeper or merchant.
belonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class.
conventional; middle-class.
dominated or characterized by materialistic pursuits or concerns.
a size of type approximately 9-point, between brevier and long primer.
Léon Victor Auguste
[ley-awn veek-tawr oh-gyst] /leɪˈɔ̃ vikˈtɔr oʊˈgyst/ (Show IPA), 1851–1925, French statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1920.
Louise, 1911–2010, U.S. sculptor, born in France.
Contemporary Examples

Will DC Become a World City? Megan McArdle October 1, 2012
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal Olivia Nuzzi December 7, 2014
Why Gay Marriage Will Win, and Sexual Freedom Will Lose Megan McArdle March 25, 2013
What Hookers Do on Valentine’s Day Tracy Quan February 12, 2009
Great Weekend Reads: 4 New Novels, November 13, 2011 Susan Salter Reynolds, Christopher Byrd, John Wilwol, Jennifer Miller November 12, 2011

Historical Examples

The Forest Stewart Edward White
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places Archibald Forbes
The Flower Girl of The Chteau d’Eau, v.2 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVI) Charles Paul de Kock
In the Heart of Vosges Matilda Betham-Edwards
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 Eugne Sue

noun (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
adjective
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
noun
(formerly) a size of printer’s type approximately equal to 9 point
noun
Léon Victor Auguste. (leɔ̃ viktɔr oɡyst). 1851–1925, French statesman; first chairman of the League of Nations: Nobel peace prize 1920
adj.

It is better to be a good ordinary bourgeois than a bad ordinary bohemian. [Aldous Huxley, 1930]

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