What does "bourgeois" mean?
Bourgeois: A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. Note: This line is printed in bourgeois type.
Additional senses
- 2.A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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