bourgeois
noun/ˈbʊəʒwɑː/, /ˌbʊəˈʒwɑː/
/ˌbʊrˈʒwɑː/, /ˈbʊrʒwɑː/
(plural bourgeois)
- a person who belongs to the middle class
- The hat identified him as a bourgeois.
- (disapproving) a person who is interested mainly in possessions and social status and supporting traditional values
- I'd forgotten what a bourgeois you are.
- (politics) a person who supports the interests of capitalism see also petit bourgeois
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