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Pronunciation : Bour*geois"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From a French type founder named Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. Burgess.] (Print.)
Definition : Defn: A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.
Note: This line is printed in bourgeois type.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bour*geois"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See Burgess.]
Definition : Defn: A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.] a.
Defn: Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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