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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise;
[syn: businessperson, bourgeois]

2. a member of the middle class;
[syn: bourgeois, burgher]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class;

2. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class;
- Example: "a bourgeois mentality"
[syn: bourgeois, conservative, materialistic]

3. belonging to the middle class;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bourgeois \Bour*geois"\, n. [From a French type founder named Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. Burgess.] (Print.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bourgeois \Bour*geois"\, n. [F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See Burgess.] A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] [1913 Webster] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

capitalistic \capitalistic\ adj. 1. Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists. capitalistic methods and incentives Syn: capitalist. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Favoring or practicing capitalism. [Narrower terms: bourgeois] socialistic Syn: capitalist. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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