Bourgeois

n.	1.	(Print.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.
	1.	A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class.
	2.	Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.

Noun	1.	bourgeois - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise Synonyms: businessperson
	2.	bourgeois - a member of the middle class Synonyms: burgher
Adj.	1.	bourgeois - (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
	2.	bourgeois - conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" Synonyms: materialistic, conservative
	3.	bourgeois - belonging to the middle class

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