bourgeois

  1. Adjective.  Of or relating to the middle class, especially its attitudes and conventions.
  2. Adjective.  Belonging to the middle class.
  3. Adjective.  Conventional, conservative and materialistic.
  4. Adjective.  (context, political) Of or relating to capitalist exploitation of the working class.
  5. Noun.  (context, political) The middle class.
  6. Noun.  (rare) An individual member of the middle class.
  7. Noun.  A person with '''bourgeois''' values and attitudes.

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