The definition

bour·geois ( P ) Pronunciation Key (br-zhwä, brzhwä)
n. pl. bourgeois

1. A person belonging to the middle class.
2. A person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
3. In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or typical of the middle class.
2. Held to be preoccupied with respectability and material values.

[French, from Old French burgeis, citizen of a town, from bourg, bourg. See bourg.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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