Word of the Day:
bourgeoisie
What It Means
A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
The capitalist class.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourgeoisie.
Bourgeoisie in Context
“The Pharisees of the bourgeoisie love the saying: de mortuis aut bene aut nihil (speak none ill of the dead). The proletariat needs the truth both about living politicians and about the dead for those who truly merit the name of politician do not die for politics when their physical demise comes.”
Did You Know?
Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeoisie, from bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from bourgeois, “burghers”, i.e., townspeople.
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