buirgéiseach — meaning in English

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.

Senses

buirgéiseach is used for these senses in English:

• bourgeois Of or relating to the middle class (often, pejorative) , and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
• bourgeois (Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
• bourgeois (history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
• burgess An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.

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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