burżuj — meaning in English

English meaning

• bourgeois adj Relating to the middle class, often used to criticise conventional, materialistic, or overly comfortable values.
• burgher noun A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.

Senses

burżuj is used for these senses in English:

• bourgeois (history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
• burgher A prosperous member of the community; a middle-class citizen (may connote complacency).

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.

burgher — full definition

1. noun A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
2. noun A member of the medieval mercantile class.
3. noun A citizen of a medieval city.
4. noun A prosperous member of the community; a middle-class citizen (may connote complacency).

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