/buʁ.ʒwa/
bourgeois
Related: bourgeoisement, embourgeoiser
Etymology tree Old French borgeis Middle French bourgois French bourgeois Inherited from Middle French bourgois, from Old French borgeis (“town dweller”), from Late Latin burgensis. By surface analysis, bourg + -ois.
A member of the middle class; bourgeois; an inhabitant of a town or city; someone who belongs to neither the aristocratic, clerical, nor military classes
“Le Mufti commande aux Turcs de baſtonner le Bourgeois, […]” — The mufti orders the Turks to batter the bourgeois, […]
Etymology tree Old French borgeis Middle French bourgois French bourgeois Inherited from Middle French bourgois, from Old French borgeis (“town dweller”), from Late Latin burgensis. By surface analysis, bourg + -ois.