Bourgeoise
[buәʒwɑ:z]
Examples
- The Venus of Milo is a bourgeoise--so are they all. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She laughs, she chats; good-humoured, buxom, and blooming, she looks, at all points, the bourgeoise belle. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This performance must have delighted him to the very bottom of his soul, for he has boasted that his task in life is to aid in ruining le prestige de la culture bourgeoise. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Should you object to beginning with three petite bourgeoises, the Demoiselles Miret? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Edited by Hilda