What is a man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France called?
bourgeois — A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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