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The Modern French word bourgeois (/ ˈ b ʊər ʒ w ɑː / ⓘ BOORZH-wah or / b ʊər ˈ ʒ w ɑː / ⓘ boorzh-WAH, French: ⓘ) derived from the Old French borgeis or borjois ('town dweller'), which derived from bourg ('market town'), from the Old Frankish burg ('town'); in other European languages, the etymologic derivations include the Middle English burgeis, the Middle Dutch burgher, the ...
Albéric Bourgeois (1876–1962), Canadian comic strip artist; Alfred Bourgeois (1964–2020), American murderer; Amandine Bourgeois (born 1979), French singer; Bradley Bourgeois (born 1994), American soccer player
Burgess is a surname of English origin, having derived from the French word “Bourgeois” meaning citizen, or freeman of the borough. Notable people with the name include: Notable people with the name include:
bourgeois (typography), the name of the type size between brevier and long primer; H. L. Bourgeois High School, Gray, Louisiana, United States; Bourgeois is a synonym for these wine grapes: Elbling, in the Mosel region; Gouais blanc, historic white grape; Bourgeois fish, a common name for Lutjanus sebae, a snapper from the Indo-West Pacific
In regular times, the petite bourgeoisie seek to identify themselves with the haute bourgeoisie, whose bourgeois morality, conduct and lifestyle they aspire and strive to imitate. [1] The term, which goes as far back as the Revolutionary period in France, if not earlier, is politico-economic and addresses historical materialism.
Portrait of a Burgher (c. 1660) by Lucas Franchoys the Younger. Burgher was a rank or title of a privileged citizen of a medieval to early modern European town. Burghers formed the pool from which city officials could be drawn, [citation needed] and their immediate families that formed the social class of the medieval bourgeoisie.
The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; [1] as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers.
The Bourgeois of Paris were given some privileges almost equal to the nobility's, the oldest being the exemption from mortmain, from the Taille, [3] and freehold to benefit from the noble guard. At an early period, the Bourgeois of Paris received the right to wear a helmet and/or crested coats of arms [4] and to carry a sword from King Charles ...