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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

3. 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]

4. 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]

Thesaurus Results for Bourgeois:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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