bourgeois

The adjective bourgeois means relating to or typical of the middle class. If someone says, "Oh, how bourgeois!" it's probably an insult, meaning you're preoccupied with middle-class small-mindedness.

As a noun, a bourgeois is a member of the middle class, originally a member of the middle class in France. The word was borrowed from French, from Old French burgeis "citizen of a town," from borc "town, village," from Latin burgus "fortress, castle." The derived word bourgeoisie "the middle class" is a later borrowing from French.

Definitions of bourgeois

adjective
(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

Synonyms:
capitalist, capitalistic
favoring or practicing capitalism
adjective
belonging to the middle class

Synonyms:
middle-class
occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
adjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

“a bourgeois mentality”

synonyms: conservative, materialistic

middle-class
occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy
noun
a member of the middle class

synonyms: burgher

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petit bourgeois
a member of the lower middle class

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common man, common person, commoner
a person who holds no title
noun
a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

synonyms: businessperson

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accountant, comptroller, controller
someone who maintains and audits business accounts

account executive, account representative, customer's broker, customer's man, registered representative
someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business

agent, broker, factor
a businessperson who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

businessman, man of affairs
a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)

businesswoman
a female businessperson

enterpriser, entrepreneur
someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

exporter
a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)

importer
someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)

merchandiser, merchant
a businessperson engaged in retail trade

shipper
someone who ships goods

provider, supplier
someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

auctioneer
an agent who conducts an auction

amalgamator
a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies

arb, arbitrager, arbitrageur
someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)

auditor
a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization

baker
someone who bakes commercially

baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon
a very wealthy or powerful businessman

bean counter
an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures

black marketeer
someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities

book seller, bookdealer
a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books

bookkeeper
someone who records the transactions of a business

butcher, meatman
a retailer of meat

caterer
someone who provides food and service (as for a party)

CPA, certified public accountant
an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state

chartered accountant
a British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter

clothier, haberdasher
a merchant who sells men's clothing

connection
a supplier (especially of narcotics)

consigner, consignor
the person who delivers over or commits merchandise

cost accountant
a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production

dispenser
a person who dispenses

distributer, distributor
someone who markets merchandise

grain merchant
a merchant who deals in food grains

grocer
a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)

hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste
someone who makes and sells hats

industrialist
someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise

general agent, insurance agent, insurance broker, underwriter
an agent who sells insurance

investment banker, underwriter
a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities

jeweler, jeweller
someone in the business of selling jewelry

brothel keeper, madam
a woman who runs a house of prostitution

oilman
a person who owns or operates oil wells

operator
someone who owns or operates a business

owner, proprietor
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

poulterer, poultryman
a dealer in poultry and poultry products

purveyor
someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

estate agent, house agent, land agent, real estate agent, real estate broker
a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land

recruiter
someone who supplies members or employees

retail merchant, retailer
a merchant who sells goods at retail

rug merchant
a merchant who sells rugs

salt merchant, salter
someone who makes or deals in salt

schlockmeister, shlockmeister
(slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise

marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor
someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

ship broker
an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge

market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman
a merchant who owns or manages a shop

small businessman
a businessman who runs a business employing less than 100 people

stationer, stationery seller
a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies

stockbroker
an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds

stockist
one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods

suit
(slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

provisioner, sutler, victualer, victualler
a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army

syndic
one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions

syndicator
a businessman who forms a syndicate

bargainer, dealer, monger, trader
someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

transactor
someone who conducts or carries on business or negotiations

travel agent
someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers

merchant-venturer, venturer
a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)

vintner, wine merchant
someone who sells wine

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capitalist
a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)