BOURGEOISIE


Meaning of BOURGEOISIE in English

/boor'zhwah zee"/ ; Fr. /boohrdd zhwann zee"/ , n.

1. the bourgeois class.

2. (in Marxist theory) the class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage-earning class, is primarily concerned with property values.

[ 1700-10; 1 , -Y 3 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .