/
ˈbʊəʒwɑː/
adj.
of or characteristic of the middle class, especially in having materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
▸(in Marxist contexts) capitalist.
n.
(pl. same)
a bourgeois person.
Etymology
C16: from Fr., from late L. burgus ‘castle’ (in med. L. ‘fortified town’), ult. of Gmc origin and rel. to borough; cf. burgess.
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