burgeois
burgeois is the alternative spelling of bourgeois.
Meaning of bourgeois
Noun (1)
bourgeois (usually uncountable, plural bourgeois)
- The middle class.
- An individual member of the middle class.
- A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
- An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
- A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
- Der Bourgeois sieht in seiner Frau ein bloßes Produktionsinstrument. Er hört, daß die Produktionsinstrumente gemeinschaftlich ausgebeutet werden sollen, und kann sich natürlich nichts anderes denken, als daß das Los der Gemeinschaftlichkeit die Weiber gleichfalls treffen wird.1977 [1848], Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (Marx-Engels-Werke; 4), page 478; English translation from Samuel Moore, transl., Manifesto of the Communist Party...
Noun (2)
bourgeois (uncountable)
Forms of burgeois
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | burgeois |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more burgeois |
| superlative | most burgeois |
Questions about burgeois
- What is burgeois the alternative spelling of?
- Burgeois is the alternative spelling of bourgeois.
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