bourgeois

bourgeois is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. Note: This line is printed in bourgeois type.
  2. 2.A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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