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Definition of petit bourgeois noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

petit bourgeois

noun
 
/ˌpeti ˈbʊəʒwɑː/
 
/ˌpeti ˈbʊrʒwɑː/
(also petty bourgeois)
(plural petits/petty bourgeois)
(from French, disapproving)
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  1. a member of the lower middle class in society, especially one who thinks that money, work and social position are very important
    Word OriginFrench, literally ‘little citizen’.
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