bourgeois 1
/boor zhwah", boor"zhwah/ ; Fr. /boohrdd zhwann"/ , n. , pl. bourgeois , adj.
n.
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.
adj.
4. belonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class.
5. conventional; middle-class.
6. dominated or characterized by materialistic pursuits or concerns.
[ 1555-65; borgeis BURGESS ]
bourgeois 2
/beuhr joys"/ , n. Print.
a size of type approximately 9-point, between brevier and long primer.
[ 1815-25; perh. from a printer so named ]