1) bourgeois, bourgeoisie. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.
1993
...These last senses are of course strongly pejorative, and they affect the use of the noun bourgeois, a citizen of the middle class, as well. The plural is also bourgeois,...
2) petit bourgeois. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A member of the petite bourgeoisie. French petit-bourgeois : petit, small + bourgeois, bourgeois.pet·it-bour·geois -ADJECTIVE...
3) Bourgeois, Louise. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bourgeois, Louise, (boorzhwa´), 1911-, French-American sculptor, b. Paris. She married the art historian Robert Goldwater in 1938, emigrated to the United States,...
4) bourgeois. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. bourgeois1. A person belonging to the middle class. 2. A person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions...
5) Bourgeois, Leon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bourgeois, Léon, (laoN´ boorzhwa´) (KEY) , 1851-1925, French statesman and social philosopher. He held cabinet posts, notably the premiership (1895-96) and was a...
6) 7935. Bourgeois, Louise. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...it except yourself. The ransom of privacy is that you are alone. ATTRIBUTION:Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911), U.S. sculptor. As quoted in Lives and Works, by Lynn F. Miller...
7) 7934. Bourgeois, Louise. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...remained total. Thus, I'm able to avoid or manipulate or process pain. ATTRIBUTION:Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911), U.S. sculptor. As quoted in Lives and Works, by Lynn...
8) Bourgeois (French). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The class between the "gentleman" and the peasantry. It includes all merchants, shopkeepers, and what we call the "middle class." 1...
9) Bourgeois, Leon Victor Auguste. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the
English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...French statesman who was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague (1903-1925) and helped draft the Covenant of the League of Nations (1919). He...
10) Bourgeois, Louise. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...French-born American sculptor whose often erotic sculptures are characterized by elongated figures and abstract shapes....
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