DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
bourgeois
/bʊr'ʒwɑ/ · bʊrʒwɑ
Bourgeois has 2 syllables: bour · geois.
bour
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geois
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adjective. Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
noun. A capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise.
noun. A member of the middle class.
adjective. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class.
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