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porvari — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bourgeois adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
  • burgess noun Historically, a full citizen of a borough, or an elected representative of a borough in government.
  • burgher noun A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
  • capitalist noun A person who owns or invests significant wealth in businesses to earn a profit.
  • citizen noun A legally recognised member of a country, with rights such as voting and a passport, and duties such as paying taxes.

Senses

porvari is used for these senses in English:

  • bourgeois (usually, pejorative) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
  • bourgeois (history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
  • bourgeois (Marxism) A capitalist, (usually, _, pejorative) an exploiter of the proletariat.
  • burgess An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
  • burgher A prosperous member of the community; a middle-class citizen (may connote complacency).
  • capitalist A person who is a supporter of capitalism.
  • citizen (Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]

bourgeois — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
  2. noun A member of the middle or property-owning class.

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